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Spalding's 
Athletic Library 

Anticipating the present ten- 
dency of the American people 
toward a healthful method of living 
and enjoyment, Spalding's Athletic 
Library was established in 1892 for 
the purpose of encouraging ath- 
letics in every form, not only by 
publishing the official rules and 
records pertaining to the various 
pastimes, but also by instructing, 
until to-day Spalding's Athletic 
Library is unique in its own par- 
ticular field and has been conceded 
the greatest educational series on 
athletic and physical training sub- 
jects that has ever been compiled. 
The publication of a distinct 
series of books devoted to athletic 
sports and pastimes and designed 
to occupy the premier place in 
America in its class was an early 
idea of Mr. A. G. Spalding, who 
was one of the first in America 
to publish a handbook devoted to 
athletic sports, Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Guide being the initial 
number, which was followed at intervals with other handbooks on the 
sports prominent in the '70s. 

Spalding's Athletic Library has had the advice and counsel of Mr. A. G. 
Spalding in all of its undertakings, and particularly in all books devoted 
to the national game. This applies especially to Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Guide and Spalding's Official Base Ball Record, both of which 
receive the personal attention of Mr. A. G. Spalding, owing to his early 
connection with the game as the leading pitcher of the champion Boston 
and Chicago teams of 1872-76. His interest does not stop, however, with 
matters pertaining to base ball; there is not a sport that Mr. Spalding 
does not make it his business to become familiar with, and that the 
Library will always maintain its premier place, with Mr. Spalding's able 
counsel at hand, goes without saying. 

The entire series since the issue of the first number has been under 
the direct personal supervision of Mr. James E. Sullivan, President 
of the American Sports Publishing Company, and the total series of 
consecutive numbers reach an aggregate of considerably over three 
hundred, included in which are many "annuals," that really constitute 
the history of their particular sport in America year by year, back copies 
of which are even now eagerly sought for, constituting as they do the 
really first authentic records of events and official rules that have ever 
been consecutively compiled. 

When Spalding's Athletic Library was founded, seventeen years ago, 
track and field athletics were practically unknown outside the larger 
colleges and a few athletic clubs in the leading cities, which gave occa- 
sional meets, when an entry list of 250 competitors was a subject of com- 
ment; golf was known only by a comparatively few persons; lawn tennis 
had some vogue and base ball was practically the only established field 




A. G. Spalding 



EDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 

sport, and that in a professional way; basket ball had just been invented; 
athletics for the schoolboy— and schoolgirl— were almost unknown, and 
an advocate of class contests in athletics in the schools could not get a 
hearing-. To-day we find the greatest body of athletes in the world is 
the Public Schools Athletic League of Greater New York, which has had 
an entry list at its annual games of over two thousand, and in whose 
"elementary series" in base ball last year 106 schools competed for the 
trophy emblematic of the championship. 

While Spalding's Athletic Library cannot claim that the rapid growth 
of athletics in this country is due to it solely, the fact cannot be denied 
that the books have had a great deal to do with its encouragement, by 
printing the official rules and instructions for playing the various games 
at a nominal price, within the reach of everyone, with the sole object 
that its series might be complete and the one place where a person 
could look with absolute certainty for the particular book in which he 
might be interested. 

In selecting the editors and writers for the various books, the lead- 
ing authority in his particular line has been obtained, with the result 
that no collection of books on athletic subjects can compare with 
Spalding's Athletic Library for the prominence of the various authors 
and their ability to present their subjects in a thorough and practical 
manner. 

A short sketch of a few of those who have edited some of the lead- 
ing numbers of Spalding's Athletic Library is given herewith : 



JAMES E. SULLIVAN 

President American Sports Publishing Com- 
pany; entered the publishing house of Frank 
Leslie in 1878. and has been connected continu- 
ously with the publishing business since then 
and also as athletic editor of various New 
York papers; was a competing athlete; one o*. 
the organizers of the Amateur Athletic Union 
of the United States; has been actively on its 
board of governors since its organization until 
the present time, and President for two suc- 
cessive terms; has attended every champion- 
ship meeting in America since 1879 and has officiated in some capacity in 
connection with American amateur championships track and field games 
for nearly twenty-five years; assistant American director Olympic Games, 
Paris, 1900; director Pan-American Exposition athletic department, 1901; 
chief department physical culture Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. 
Louis, 1904; secretary American Committee Olympic Games, at Athens, 
1906; honorary director of Athletics at Jamestown Exposition, 1907; secre- 
tary American Committee Olympic Games, at London, 1908; member of 
the Pastime A. C, New York; honorary member Missouri A. C, St. Louis; 
honorary member Olympic A. C, San Francisco; ex-president Pastime 
A. C, New Jersey A. C, Knickerbocker A. C; president Metropolitan 
Association of the A. A. U. for fifteen years; president Outdoor Recrea- 
tion League; with Dr. Luther H. Gulick organized the Public Schools 
Athletic League of New York, and is now chairman of its games commit- 
tee and member executive committee; was a pioneer in playground work 
and one of the organizers of the Outdoor Recreation League of New York ; 
appointed by President Roosevelt as special commissioner to the Olympic 
Games at Athens, 1906, and decorated by King George I. of the Hellenes 
(Greece) for his services in connection with the Olympic Games; ap- 
pointed special commissioner by President Roosevelt to the Olympic 
Games at London, 1908; appointed by Mayor McClellan, 1908, as member 
»t the Board of Education of Greater New York. 




EDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 




WALTER CAMP 

For quarter of a century Mr. Walter Camp 
of Yale has occupied a leading: position in col- 
lege athletics. It is immaterial what organiza- 
tion is suggested for college athletics, or for 
the betterment of conditions, insofar as college 
athletics is concerned, Mr. Camp has always 
played an important part in its conferences, 
and the great interest in and high plane of 
college sport to-day. are undoubtedly due more 
to Mr. Camp than to any other individual. Mr. 
Camp has probably written more on college 
athletics than any other writer and the leading papers and maga- 
zines of America are always anxious to secure his expert opinion on foot 
ball, track and field athletics, base ball and rowing. Mr. Camp has grown 
up with Yale athletics and is a part of Yale's remarkable athletic system. 
While he has been designated as the "Father of Foot Ball," it is a well 
known fact that during his college career Mr. Camp was regarded as one 
of the best players that ever represented Yale on the base ball field, so 
when we hear of Walter Camp as a foot ball expert we must also remem- 
ber his remarkable knowledge of the game of base ball, of which he is a 
great admirer. Mr. Camp has edited Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 
since it was first published, and also the Spalding Athletic Library book 
on How to Play Foot Ball. There is certainly no man in American college 
life better qualified to write for Spalding's Athletic Library than Mr. 
Camp. 



DR. LUTHER HALSEY GULICK 

The leading exponent of physical training 
in America; one who has worked hard to im- 
press the value of physical training in the 
schools; when physical training was combined 
with education at the St. Louis Exposition in 
1904 Dr. Gulick played an important part in 
that congress; he received several awards for 
his good work and had many honors conferred 
upon him; he is the author of a great many 
books on the subject; it was Dr. Gulick, who, 
acting on the suggestion of James E. Sullivan, 
organized the Public Schools Athletic League of Greater New York, and 
was its first Secretary; Dr. Gulick was also for several years Director of 
Physical Training in the public schools of Greater New York, resigning 
the position to assume the Presidency of the Playground Association of 
America. Dr. Gulick is an authority on all subjects pertaining; to phys- 
ical training and the study of the child. 





JOHN B. FOSTER 

Successor to the late Henry Chad wick 
("Father of Base Ball") as editor of Spald- 
ing's Official Base Ball Guide; sporting editor 
of the New York Evening Telegram; has 
been in the newspaper business for many 
years and is recognized throughout America 
as a leading writer on the national game; a 
staunch supporter of organized base ball, 
his pen has always been used for the better- 
ment of the game. 



EDITORS OF SPALDING 5 ATHLETIC LIBRARY 




TIM MURNANE 

Base Ball editor of the Boston Globe and 
President of the New England League of 
Base Ball Clubs; one of the best known base 
ball men of the country; known from coast 
to coast; is a keen follower of the game and 
prominent in all its councils; nearly half a 
century ago was one of America's foremost 
players: knows the game thoroughly and 
writes from the point of view both of player 
and an official. 




HARRY PHILIP BURCHELL 

Sporting editor of the New York Times; 
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania; 
editor of Spalding's Official Lawn Tennis 
Annual; is an authority on the game; follows 
the movements of the players minutely and 
understands not only tennis but all other sub- 
jects that can be classed as athletics; no one 
in better qualified to edit this book than Mr. 
Burchell. 



GEORGE T. HEPBRON 

Former Young Men's Christian Association 
director; for many years an official of the 
Athletic League of Young Men's Christian 
Associations of North America ; was con- 
nected with Dr. Luther H. Gulick in Young 
Men's Christian Association work for over 
twelve years; became identified with basket 
ball when it was in its infancy and has fol- 
lowed it since, being recognized as the lead- 
ing exponent of the official rules; succeeded 
Dr. Gulick as editor of the Official Basket Ball 

Guide and also editor of the Spalding Athletic Library book on How to 

Play Basket Ball. 





JAMES S. MITCHEL 

Former champion weight thrower; holder 
of numerous records, and is the winner of 
more championships than any other individual 
in the history of sport ; Mr. Mitchel is a close 
student of athletics and well qualified to write 
upon any topic connected with athletic sport ; 
has been for years on the staff of the New 
York Sun. 



EDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 



MICHAEL C. MURPHY 

The world's most famous athletic trainer; 
the champion athletes that he has developed 
for track and field sports, foot ball and base ball 
fields, would run into thousands; he became 
famous when at Yale University and has 
been particularly successful in developing 
what might be termed championship teams; 
his rare good judgment has placed him in an 
enviable position in the athletic world; now 
with the University of Pennsylvania ; dur- 
ing his career has trained only at two col- 
leges and one athletic club, Yale and the 
University ol Pennsylvania and Detroit Athletic Club; his most recent 
triumph was that of training the famous American team of athletes 
that swept the held at the Olympic Games of 1908 at London. 





DR. C. WARD CRAMPTON 

Succeeded Dr. Gulick as director of physical 
training in the schools of Greater New York : 
as secretary of the Public Schools Athletic 
League is at the head of the most remarkable 
organization of its kind in the world; is a 
practical athlete and gymnast h«.nself, and 
has been for years connected with the physi- 
cal training system in the schools of Greater 
New York, having had charge of the High 
School of Commerce. 




DR. GEORGE J. FISHER 

Has been connected with Y. M. C. A. work 
for many years as physical director at Cincin- 
nati and Brooklyn, where he made such a high 
reputation as organizer that he was chosen to 
succeed Dr. Luther H. Gulick as Secretary of 
the Athletic League of Y. M. C. A.'s of North 
America, when the latter resigned to take 
charge of the physical training in the Public 
Schools of Greater New York. 



DR. GEORGE ORTON 

On athletics, college athletics, particularly 
track and field, foot ball, soccer foot ball, and 
training of the youth, it would be hard to find 
one better qualified than Dr. Orton; has had 
the necessary athletic experience and the 
ability to impart that experience intelligently 
to the youth of the land; for years was the 
American, British and Canadian champioi 
runner. 



EDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 








FREDERICK R. TOOMBS 

A well known authority on skating:, rowing:, 
boxing:, racquets, and other athletic sports; 
was sporting- editor of American Press Asso- 
ciation, New York; dramatic editor; is a law- 
yer and has served several terms as a member 
of Assembly of the Legislature of the State of 
New York; has written several novels and 
historical works. 



R. L. WELCH 

A resident of Chicago; the popularity of 
indoor base ball is chiefly due to his efforts; 
a player himself of no mean ability; a first- 
class organizer; he has followed the game of 
indoor base ball from its inception. 



DR. HENRY S. ANDERSON 

Has been connected with Yale University 
for years and is a recognized authority on 
gymnastics; is admitted to be one of the lead- 
ing authorities in America on gymnastic sub- 
jects; is the author of many books on physical 
training. 



CHARLES M. DANIELS 

Just the man to write an authoritative 
book on swimming; the fastest swimmer the 
world has ever known; member New York 
Athletic Club swimming team and an Olym- 
pic champion at Athens in 1906 and London, 
1908. In his book on Swimming, Champion 
Daniels describes just the methods one must 
use to become an expert swimmer. 

GUSTAVE BOJUS 

Mr. Bojus is most thoroughly qualified to 
write intelligently on all subjects pertaining 
to gymnastics and athletics; in his day one 
of America's most famous amateur athletes; 
has competed successfully in gymnastics and 
many other sports for the New York Turn 
Verein; for twenty years he has been prom- 
inent in teaching gymnastics and athletics; 
was responsible for the famous gymnastic 
championship teams of Columbia University; 
DOW with the Jersey City high schools. 



hDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 








CHARLES JACOBUS 

Admitted to be the "Fa:her of Roque;" 
one of America's most expert players, win- 
ning 1 the Olympic Championship at St. Louis 
in 1904; an ardent supporter of the game 
and follows it minutely, and much of the 
success of roque is due to his untiring efforts; 
certainly there is no one better qualified to 
write on this subject than Mr. Jacobus. 



DR. E. B. WARMAN 

Well known as a physical training expert; 
was probably one of the first to enter the field 
and is the author of many books on the sub- 
ject; lectures extensively each year all over 
the country. 



W. J. CROMIE 

Now with the University of Pennsylvania, 
was formerly a Y. M. C. A. physical director; 
a keen student of all gymnastic matters; the 
author of many books on subjects pertaining 
to physical training. 



G. M. MARTIN 

By profession a physical director of the 
Young Men's Christian Association; a close 
student of all things gymnastic, and games 
for the classes in the gymnasium or clubs. 



PROF. SENAC 

A leader in the fencing world ; has main- 
tained a fencing school in New York for 
years and developed a great many cham- 
pions ; understands the science of fencing 
thoroughly and the benefits to be derived 
therefrom. 



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No. I Spalding's Official 

No. IA Spalding's Official 

No. IC Spalding's Official 

No. 2 Spalding's Official 

No. 2A Spalding's Official 

No. 3 Spalding's Official 

No. 4 Spalding's Official 

No. 5 Spalding's Official 

No. 6 Spalding's Official 

No. 7 Spalding's Official 

No. 7A Spalding's Official 

No. 8 Spalding's Official 

No. 9 Spalding's Official 

No. IO Spalding's Official 

No. 12 Spalding's Official 

No. I2A Spalding's Official 

Group I. Base Ball 

No.l Spalding'sOfficial BaseBall Guide 

No. IA Official Base Ball Record. 

No. IC Collegiate Base Ball Annual. 

No. 202 How to Play Base B»1L 

No. 223 How to Bat. 

No. 232 How to Run Bases 

No. 230 How to Pitch. 

No. 229 How to Catch. 

No. 225 How to Play First Base. 

No. 226 How to Play Second Base. 

No. 227 How to Play Third Base. 

No. 228 How to Play Shortstop. 

No. 224 How to Play the Outfield. 

f How to Organize a Base Bal 1 

League. [Club. 

How to Organize a Base Ball 

vr_ | How to Manage a Base Ball 

N °- qi \ Club. 

^ dl - I HowtoTrainaBaseBallTeam 
How to Captain a Base Ball 
HowtoUmpireaGame. [Team 
L Technical Base Ball Terms. 
No. 219 Ready Reckoner of Base Ball 
Percentages. 
BASE BALL AUXILIARIES 
No. 348 Minor League Base Ball Guide 
No. 338 Official Book National League 

of Prof. Base Ball Clubs. 
No. 340 Official Handbook National 
Playground Ball Assn. 

Group II. Foot Ball 

No.2 Spalding'sOfficial Foot Ball Guide 
No. 344 ADigest of the Foot Ball Rules 
No. 324 How to Play Foot Ball. 
No. 2a Spalding' s Official Soccer Foot 

Ball Guide. 
No. 286 How to Play Soccer. 
No. 335 How to Play Rugby. 



Base Ball Guide 
Base Ball Record 
Collegiate Base Ball Annual 
Foot Ball Guide 
Soccer Foot Ball Guide 
Cricket Guide 
Lawn Tennis Annual 
Golf Guide 
Ice Hockey Guide 
Basket Ball Guide 
Women's Basket Ball Guide 
Lacrosse Guide 
Indoor Base Ball Guide 
Roller Polo Guide 
Athletic Almanac 
Athletic Rules 

FOOT BALL AUXILIARY 

No. 343 Official Rugby Foot Ball Guide. 

No. 332 Spalding's Official Canadian 

croup ill. Foot Bal1 Guide crichct 

No 3 Spalding's Official Cricket Guide. 
No. 277 Cricket and How to Play It. 

Group IV. Lawn Tennis 

No. 4 Spalding's Official Lawn Ten- 
nis Annual. 
No. 157 How to Play Lawn Tennis. 
No. 279 Strokes and Science of Lawn 
„ «. Tennis. _ , m 

Group V. Golf 

No. 5 Spalding'sOfficial Golf Guide 
No. 276 How to Play Golf. 

Group VI. Hochcy 

No. 6 Spalding's Official Ice Hockey 

Guide. 
No. 304 How to Play Ice Hockey. 
No. 154 Field Hockey. 

(Lawn Hockey. 
No. 188 -< Parlor Hockey. 

(Garden Hockey. 
No. 180 Ring Hockey. 

HOCKEY AUXILIARY 
No. 256 Official Handbook Ontario 

Group VH. HockeyAsso Basket Ball 

IsTo. 7 Spalding's Official Basket 

Ball Guide. 
No. 7a Spalding's Official Women's 

Basket Ball Guide. 
No. 193 How to Play Basket Ball. 
BASKET BALL AUXILIARY 
No. 323 Official Collegiate Basket Ball 

Handbook. 



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Group VIII. Lacrosse 

No. 8 Spalding's Official Lacrosse 

Guide. 
No, 201 How to Play Lacrosse. 

Gruup IX. indoui* Base Ball 

No. 9 Spalding's Official 1 yidoor Base 
Ball Guide. 

Group X. Polo 

No. 10 Spalding's Official Roller Polo 

Guide. 
No. 129 Water Polo. 
No. 199 Equestrian Polo. 

Group XI. Miscellaneous Games 

No. 248 
No. 138 
No 271 



Archery. 

Croquet. 

Roque. 
f Racquets. 
■< Squash-Racquets. 
(Court Tennis. 

Hand Ball. 

Quoits. 

Push Ball. 

Curling. 

Lawn Bowls. 

Lawn Games. 

Children's Games. 

How to Bowl. 



No 194 

No. 13 

No. 167 
No. 170 
No. 14 
No. 207 
No. 188 
No. 189 
No. 341 

Group XII. Athletics 

No. 12 Spalding's Official Athletic 

Almanac. 
No. 12a Spalding's Official Athletic 

Rules 
No. 27 College Athletics. 
No. 182 All Around Athletics. 
No. 156 Athletes' Guide. 
No. 87 Athletic Primer. 
No. 273 Olympic GamesatAthens.iiJOo 
No. 252 How to Sprint. 
No. 255 How to Run 100 Yards. 
No. 174 Distance and Cross Country 

Running. [Thrower. 

No. 259 How to Become a Weight 
No. 55 Official Sporting Rules, [boys. 
No. 246 Athletic Training for School- 
No. 317 Marathon Running. 
No. 331 Schoolyard Athletics. 
No. 342 Walking for Health and Com- 
petition. 
ATHLETIC AUXILIARIES 
No. 349 Intercollegiate Official Hand- 
No. 302 Y. M. C. A. Official Handbook. 
No. 313 Public Schools Athletic 

League Official Handbook. 
No. 314 Girls' Athletics. 
No. 308 Official Handbook New York 

Interscholastic Athletic 

Association. 



Group Xlll. 



Athletic 
Accomplishment 



No. 177 How to Swim. 

No. 296 Speed Swimming. 

No. 128 How to Row. 

No. 209 How to Become a Skater. 

No. 178 How to Train for Bicycling. 

No. 23 Canoeing. 

No. 282 Roller Skating Guide. 

Group XIV. Manly Sports 

No. 18 Fencing. ( By Breck.) 

No. 162 Boxing. 

No. 165 Fencing. ( By Senac.) 

No. 140 Wrestling. 

No. 236 How to Wrestle. 

No. 102 Ground Tumbling. 

No. 233 Jiu Jitsu. 

No. 166 How to Swing Indian Clubs. 

No. 200 Dumb Bell Exercises. 

No. 143 Indian Clubs and Dumb Bells. 

No. 262 Medicine Ball Exercises. 

No. 29 Pulley Weight Exercises. 

No. 191 How to Punch the Bag. 

No. 289 Tumbling for Amateurs. 

No. 326 Professional Wrestling. 

Group XV. Gymnastics 

No. 104 Grading of Gymnastic Exer- 
cises. [Dumb Bell Drills. 

No. 214 Graded Ca 1 i sthenics and 

No. 254 Barnjum Bar Bell Drill. 

No. 158 Indoor and Outdoor Gym- 
nastic Games. 

No. 124 How to Become a Gymnast. 

No. 287 Fancy Dumb Bell and March- 
ing Drills. [Apparatus. 

No. 327 Pyramid Building Without 

No. 328 Exercises on the Parallel Bars. 

No. 329 Pyramid Building with 
Wands, Chairs and Ladders 
GYMNASTIC AUXILIARY 

No. 345 Official Handbook I. C. A. A. 
Gymnasts of America. 

Group XVI. Physical culture 

No. 161 Ten Minutes' Exerci se for 

Busy Men. [giene. 

No. 208 Physical Education and Hy- 

No. 149 Scientific Physical Training 

and Care of the Body. 
No. 142 Physical Training Simplified. 
No. 185 Hints on Health. 
No. 213 285 Health Answers^-' 
No. 233 Muscle Building. [ning. 

No. 234 School Tactics and Maze Run- 
No. 261 Tensing Exercises, [nasties. 
No. 285 Health by Muscular Gym 
No. 288 Indigestion Treated by Gym- 
No. 290 Get Well; Keep Well. [nasties. 
No. 325 Twenty-Minute Exercises. 
No. 330 Physical Training for the 

School and Class Room. 
No. 346 How to Live 100 Years. 



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Group I. Base Ball 

No. 1— Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Guide. 

The leading Base Ball 
annual of the country, and 
the official authority of 
ta$"SlflI the game. Contains the 
_W ax" 1 official playing rules, with 
an explanatory index of the 
rules compiled by Mr. A, G. 
Spalding; pictures of all 
the teams in the National, 
American and minor leagues ; re- 
views of the season; college Base Ball, 
and a great deal of interesting in- 
formation. Price 10 cents. 
No. 1A — Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Record. 
Something new in Base Ball. Con- 
tains records of all kinds from the be- 
ginning of the National League and 
official averages of all professional or- 
ganizations for past season, illustrated 
with pictures of leading teams and 
players. Price 10 cents. 
No. 1C— Spalding's Official 
Collegiate Base Ball An- 
nual. 
Contains matters of interest exclu- 
sively for the college player; pictures 
and records of all the leading colleges. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 202— How to Play Base 
Ball. 
Edited by Tim Murnane. New and 
revised edition. Illustrated with pic- 
tures showing how all the various 
curves and drops are thrown and por- 
traits of leading players. Price 10 cents. 
No. 223— How to Bat. 

There is no better way of becoming 
a proficient batter than by reading this 
book and practising the directions. 
Numerous illustrations. Price 10 cents. 
No. 232— How to Run the 
Bases. 
This book gives clear and concise 
directions for excelling as a base run- 
ner; tells when to run and when not to 
do so; how and when to slide; team 
work on the bases; in fact, every point 
of the game is thoroughly explained. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
No. 230— How to Pitch. 

A new, up-to-date book. Its contents 
are the practical teaching of men who 
have reached the top as pitchers, and 
who know how to impart a knowledge 
of their art. All the big leagues' 
pitchers are shown. Price 10 cents. 



No. 229— How to Catch. 

Every boy who has hopes of being a 
clever catcher should read how well- 
known players cover their position. 
Pictures of all the noted catchers in 
the big leagues. Price 10 cents. 

No. 225— How to Play First 
Base. 

Illustrated with pictures of all the 
prominent first basemen. Price lOcents. 

No. 220— How to Play Second 
Base. 

The ideas of the best second basemen 
have been incorporated in this book for 
the especial benefit of boys who want 
to know the fine points of play at this 
point of the diamond. Price 10 cents. 

No. 227— How to Play Third 
Base. 

Third base is, in some respects, the 
most important of the infield. All the 
points explained. Price 10 cents. 

No. 22S— How to Play Short- 
stop. 

Shortstop is one of the hardest posi- 
tions on the infield to fill, and quick 
thought and quick action are necessary 
for a player who expects to make good 
as a shortstop. Illus. Price 10 cents. 

Xo. 224— How to Play the 
Outfield. 

An invaluable guide for the out- 
fielder. Price 10 cents. 

No. 231— How to Coach; How 
to Captain a Team; How 
to Manage a Team; How 
to Umpire; How to Or- 
ganize a League; Tech- 
nical Terms of Base Ball. 
A useful guide. Price 10 cents. 

No 219— Ready Reckoner of 
Base Ball Percentages. 

To supply a demand for a book which 
would show the percentage of clubs 
without recourse to the arduous work of 
figuring, the publishers had these tables 
compiled by an expert. Price 10 cents. 



BASE BALL AUXILIARIES. 

No. 348 — Minor League Base 
Ball Guide. 

The minors' own guide. Edited by 
President T. H. Murnane, of the New 
England League. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 338— Official Handbook 
of the National Leagne 
of Professional Base Ball 
Clnbs. 

Contains the Constitution, By-Laws. 
Official Rules. Averages, and schedule 
of the National League for the current 
year, together with list of club officers 
and reports of the annual meetings of 
the League. Price 10 cents. 

No. 340— Official Handbook 
National Playground Hall 
Association. 

This game is specially adapted for 
playgrounds, parks, etc.. is spreading 
rapidly. The book contains a descrip- 
tion of the game, rules and list of 
officers. Price 10 cents. 



Group II. Foot Ball 



No. 2— Spalding's 
Foot Ball Gnide. 



Official 




Edited by Walter Camp. 
Contains the new rules, 
with diagram of field; All- 
America teams as selected 
by the leading authorities; 
reviews of the game from 
various sections of the 
country; scores; pictures^ 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 344— A Digest of the Foot 
Ball Hales. 

This book is meant for the use of 
officials, to help them to refresh their 
memories before a game and to afford 
them a quick means of ascertaining a 
point during a game. It also gives a 
ready means of finding a rule in the 
Official Rule Book, and is of great help 
to a player in studying the Rules. 
Compiled by C.W. Short, Harvard. 1908. 
Price 10 cents* 

No. 324— How to Play Foot 
Ball. 

Edited by Walter Camp, of Yale. 
Everything that a beginner wants to 
know and many points that an expert 
will be glad to learn. Snapshots of 
leading teams and players in action, 
with commenti by Walter Camp. 
Price 10 centi. 




No. 2A— Spalding's Official 
Association Soccer Foot 
Ball Guide. 

A complete and up-to-| 
date guide to the "Soccer* 
game in the United States, 
containing instructions for 
playing the game, official j 
rules, and interesting 
news from all parts of the 
country. Illustrated. Price | 
10 cents. 

No. 2SG— How to Play Soc- 
cer. 

How each position should be played, 
written by the best player in England 
in his respective position, and illus- 
trated with full-page photographs of 
players in action. Price 10 cents. 

No. 336— How to Play Rugby. 

Compiled in England by " Old Inter- 
national." Contains directions for 
playing the various positions, with dia- 
grams and illustrations. Price 10 cents. 

FOOT BALL AUXILIARIES. 

No. 332— Spalding's Official 
Canadian Foot Ball 

Guide. 

The official book of the game in Can- 
ada. Price 10 cents. 
No. 343— Official Rugby Foot 
Uall Guide. 

The official handbook of the Rugby 
game, containing the official playing 
rules, referee's decisions, articles on 
the game in the United States and pic- 
tures of leading teams. Price 10 cents. 

Group in. Cricket 

No. 3— Spalding's Official 
Cricket Guide. 

The most complete year 
book of the game that has 
ever been published in 
America. Reports of 
special matches, official 
rules and pictures of all 
the leading teams. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 277— Cricket; and How 
to Play it. 

By Prince Ranjitsinhji. The game 
described concisely and illustrated with 
full-page pictures posed especially for 
this book. Price 10 cents. 




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Group IV, 



Lawn 
Tennis 



No. 4— Spalding's Official 
Lawn Tennis Annual. 

Contents include reports 
of all important tourna- 
ments; official ranking 
from 1885 to date; laws of 
lawn tennis; instructions 
for handicapping; deci- 
sions on doubtful points; 
management of tourna- 
ments; directory of clubs; 
laying out and keeping a court. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 




to Play Lawn 



No. 157— How 
Tennis. 

A complete description of lawn ten- 
nis; a lesson for beginners and direc- 
tions telling how to make the most im- 
portant strokes. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. -. 

No. 279— Strokes and Science 
of Lawn Tennis. 

By P. A. Vaile, a leading authority 
on the game in Great Britain. Every 
stroke in the game is accurately illus- 
trated and analyzed by the author. 
Price 10 cents. 



Group V. 

No. 5— Spalding's 
Golf Gnide. 

Contains records of a.11 1 
Important tournaments, 
articles on the game in 
various sections of the 
country, pictures of prom- 
inent players, official play- 
ing rules and general 
Stems of interest. Price 
10 cents. 



Golf 



Official 



ill 




No. 276— How to riay Golf. 

By James Braid and Harry Vardon, 
the world's two greatest players tell 
how they play the game, with numer- 
ous full-page pictures of them taken 
on the links. Price 10 «vmts. 



Group VI. Hockey 

No. 6— Spalding's Official Ice 
Hockey Guide. 

The official year book of 
the game. Contains the 
official rules, pictures of 
leading teams and players, 
records, review of the 
season, reports from dif- 
ferent sections of the 
United States and Canada. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 304— How to Play Ice 
Hockey. 

Contains a description of the duties 
of each player. Illustrated. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 154— Field Hockey. 

Prominent in the sports at Vassar. 
Smith, Wellesley. Bryn Mawr and other 
leading colleges. Price 10 cents. 

Xo. 188 — Lawn Hockey,, 
1'arlor Hockey, Garden 
Hockey. 

Containing the rules for each game. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

Xo. ISO— RingT Hockey. 

A new game for the gymnasium. 
Exciting as basket ball. Price 10 cents. 

HOCKEY AUXILIARY. 

Xo. 266— Official Handbook 
of the Ontario Hockey 
Association. 

Contains the official rules of the 
Association, constitution, rules of coin- 
petition, list of officers, and pictures of 
leading players. Price 10 cents. 



Group VII. 



Basket 
Ball 



No. 7— Spaldingr's Official 
Basket Ball Guide. 

Edited by George T. 
Hepbron. Contains the 
revised official rules, de- 
cisions on disputed points, 
records of prominent 
teams, reports on the game 
from various parts of the 
country. Illustrated. Price 
10 centfl. 




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No. 7A— Spalding's Official 
Women's Basket Ball 
Guide. 

Edited by Miss Senda Berenson. of 
Smith College. Contains the official 
playing rules and special articles on 
the game by prominent authorities. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 193— How to Play Basket 
Ball. 

By G. N. Messer. The best book of 
instruction on the game yet published. 
Illustrated with numerous pictures 
and diagrams of plays. Price 10 cents. 

BASKET BALL AUXILIARY. 
No. 823— Collegiate Basket 
Ball Handbook. 

The official publication of the Colle- 
giate Basket Ball Association. Con- 
tains the official rules, records. All- 
America selections, reviews, and pic- 
tures. Edited by H. A. Fisher, of 
Columbia. Price 10 cents. 

Group VIII. Lacrosse 

No. 8— Spalding's Official La- 
croNNe Guide. 
Contains the constitution, by-laws, 
playing rules, list of officers and records 
of the U. S. Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse 
League. Price 10 cents. 

No. ffl)l-How to Play La- 
crosse. 

Every position is thoroughly ex- 
plained in a most simple and concise 
manner, rendering it the best manual 
of the game ever published. Illus- 
trated with numerous snapshots of im- 
portant plays. Price 10 cents. 



Polo 




Group IX. 



Indoor 
Base Ball 



No. 9— Spaldingr's Official In- 
door Base Ball Guide. 

America's national game 
is now vieing with other 
indoor games as a winter 
pastime. This book con- 
tains the playing rules, 
pictures of leading teams, 
and interesting articles on 
the game by leading au- 
thorities on the subject. 
Price 10 cent*. 




Group X. 

No. lO— Spalding's 
Official Roller 
Polo Guide. 

Edited by A. W. Keane. 
A full description of the 
game; official rules, re- 
cords; pictures of promi- 
nent players.Price 10 cents 



No. 129— Water Polo. 

The contents of this book treat of 
every detail, the individual work of the 
players, the practice of the team, how 
to throw the ball, with illustrations and 
many valuable hints. Price 10 cents. 

No. 199— Equestrian Polo. 

Compiled by H. L. Fitzpatrick of the 
New York Sun. Illustrated with por- 
traits of leading players, and contains 
most useful information for polo play- 
ers. Price 10 cents. 



_ VT Miscellane- 
GroupXI. ous Games 

No. 271— SpnluiiiB's Official 
Hoque Guide. 
The official publication of the Na- 
tional Roque Association of America. 
Contains a description of the courts 
and their construction, diagrams, illus- 
trations, rules and valuable informa- 
tion. Price 10 cents. 

No. 138— Spaldingr's Official 
Croquet Guide 

Contains directions for playing, dia- 
grams of important strokes, description 
of grounds, instructions for the begin- 
ner, terms used in the game, and the 
official playing rules. Price 10 cents. 

No. 341— How to Bowl. 

The contents include : diagrams of 
effective deliveries; hints to begin- 
ners ; how to score ; official rules j 
spares, how they are made ; rules for 
cocked hat, quintet, cocked hat and 
feather, battle game, etc. Price 
10 cents. 



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No. 248— Archery. 

A new and up-to-date book on this 
fascinating pastime. The several 
varieties of archery; instructions for 
shooting; how to select implements; 
how to score; and a great deal of inter- 
esting information. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 194 — Racquets, Squash- 
Racquets and Court Ten- 
nis. 

How to play each game is thoroughly 
explained, and all the difficult strokes 
shown by special photographs taken 
especially for this book. Contains the 
official rules for each game. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 167— Quoits. 

Contains a description of the plays 
used by experts and the official rules. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 



No. 170— Push Ball. 

This book contains the official rules 
and a sketch of the game; illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 13— How to Play Hand 
Ball. 

By the world's champion. Michael 
Egan. Every play is thoroughly ex- 
plained by text and diagram. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 14— Curling. 

A short history of this famous Scot- 
tish pastime, with instructions for 
play, rules of the game, definitions of 
terms and diagrams of different shots. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 207— Bowling on the 
Green; or, Lawn Bowls. 

How to construct a green; how to 
play the game, and the official rules 
of the Scottish Bowling Association. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 189— Children's Games. 

These games are intended for use at 
recesses, and all but the team games 
have been adapted to large classes. 
Suitable for children from three to 
eight years, and include a great variety. 
Price 10 cents* 




No. 188 — Lawn Games. 

Lawn Hockey, Garden Hockey, Hand 
Tennis, Tether Tennis; also Volley 
Ball, Parlor Hockey, Badminton, Bas- 
ket Goal. Price 10 cents. 

Group Xn. Athletics 

No. 12— Spalding's Official 
Athletic Almanac. 

Compiled by J. E. Sulli- 
van, President of the Ama- 
teur Athletic Union. The 
only annual publication 
now issued that contains 
a complete list of amateur 
best-on-records; intercol- 
legiate, swimming, inter- 
scholastic, English, Irish, Scotch, 
Swedish, Continental, South African, 
Australasian; numerous photos of in- 
dividual athletes and leading athletic 
teams. Price 10 cents. 

No. 12A— Spalding's Official 
Athletic Rules. 

The A. A. U. is the governing body 
of athletes in the United States of 
America, and all games must be held 
under its rules, which are exclusively 
published in this handbook, and a copy 
should be in the hands of every athlete 
and every club officer in America. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 27— College Athletics. 

M. C. Murphy, the well-known ath- 
letic trainer, now with Pennsylvania, 
the author of this book, has written it 
especially for the schoolboy and college 
man, but it is invaluable for the athlete 
who wishes to excel in any branch of 
athletic sport; profusely illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 182— Ail-Around Ath- 
letics. 

Gives -in full the method of scoring 
the Ail-Around Championship; how to 
train for the Ail-Around Champion- 
ship. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 156— Athlete's Guide. 

Full instructions for the beginner, 
telling how to sprint, hurdle, jump and 
throw weights, general hints on train- 
ing; valuable advice to beginners and 
important A. A. U. rules and their ex- 
planations, while the pictures comprise 
many scenes of champions in Action, 
Price \Q cent*. 



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No. 273— The Olympic Games 
at Athens. 

A complete account of the Olympic 
Barnes of 1906, at Athens, the greatest 
International Athletic Contest ever 
held. Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, 
Special United States Commissioner to 
the Olympic Games. Price 10 cents. 

No. 87— Athletic Primer. 

Edited by J. E. Sullivan, Secretary- 
Treasurer of the Amateur Athletic 
Union. Tells how to organize an ath- 
letic club, how to conduct an athletic 
meeting, and gives rules for the gov- 
ernment of athletic meetings; contents 
also include directions for laying out 
athletic grounds, and a very instructive 
article on training. Price 10 cents. 

No. 255— How to Rnn 100 
Yards. 

By J. W. Morton, the noted British 
champion. Many of Mr. Morton's 
methods of training are novel to 
American athletes, but his success is 
the best tribute to their worth. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 174 — Distance and Cross- 
country Running. 

By George Orton, the famous Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania runner. The 
quarter, half, mile, the longer dis- 
tances, and cross-country running and 
steeplechasing, with instructions for 
training; pictures of leading athletes 
in action, with comments by the editors 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 259— Weight Throwing. 

Probably no other man in the world 
has had the varied and long experience 
of James S. Mitchel, the author, in the 
weight throwing department of ath- 
letics. The book gives valuable infor- 
mation not only for the novice, but for 
the expert as well. Price 10 cents. 

No. 246— Athletic Training 
for Schoolboys. 

By Geo. W. Orton. Each event in the 
intercollegiate programme is treated 
of separately. Price 10 cents. 

No. 55— Official Sporting 
Rnles. 

Contains rules not found in other 
publications for the government of 
many sports; rules for wrestling, 
shuffleboard, snowshoeing. profes- 
sional racing, pigeon shooting, dog 
racing, pistol and revolver shooting, 
British water polo rules, Rugby foot 
ball rules. Price 10 cents. 



Xo. 252— How to Sprint. 

Every athlete who aspires to be a 
sprinter can study this book to advan- 
tage. Price 10 cents. 

No. 331— Schoolyard Ath- 
letics. 

By J. E.Sullivan Secretary-Treasurer 
Amateur Athletic Union and member 
of Board of Education of Greater New 
York. An invaluable handbook for 
the teacher and the pupil. Gives a 
systematic plan for conducting school 
athletic contests and instructs how to 
prepare for the various events. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 317— Marathon Running. 

A new and up-to-date book on this 
popular pastime. Contains pictures 
of the leading Marathon runners, 
methods of training, and best times 
made in various Marathon events. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 342— IV a 1 k i n g ; for 
Health and Competition. 

Contains a great deal of useful and 
interesting information for the pedes- 
trian, giving the best methods of walk- 
ing for recreation or competition, by 
leading authorities. A history of the 
famous Fresh Air Club of New York is 
also included, with specimen tours, 
rules for competitive walking, records 
and numerous illustrations. Price 10 
cents. 

ATHLETIC AUXILIARIES. 

No. 340— Official Intereolle- 
giate A.A.A.A. Handbook. 

Contains constitution, by-laws, and 
laws of athletics; records from 1876 to 
date. Price 10 cents. 

No. 308— Official Handbook 
New York I n « erschol- 
astic Athletic Associa- 
tion. 

Contains the Association's records, 
constitution and by-laws and other 
information. Price 10 cents. 

No. 302— Official Y.M.C.A. 
Handbook. 

Contains the official rules governing 
all sports under the jurisdiction of ths 
Y. M. C. A., official Y. M. C. A. scoring 
tables, pentathlon rules, pictures of 
leading Y. M. C. A. athletes. Price 
10 cents. 



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No. 313— Official Handbook 
of the Public Schools 
Athletic League. 

Contains complete list of records, 
constitution and general review of the 
season in the Public Schools Athletic 
League of Greater New York. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 314— "Girls' Athletics." 
Official Handbook: of the 
Girls' Branch of the 
Public Schools Athletic 
League. 
The official publication. Contains : 
constitution and by-laws, list of offi- 
cers, donors, founders, life and annual 
members, reports and illustrations, 
schoolroom games. .Edited by Miss 
Jessie H. Bancroft Price 10 cents. 

Group Xin. Athletic 
Accomplishments 

No. 177— How to Swim. 

Will interest the expert as well as 
the novice; the illustrations were made 
from photographs especially posed, 
showing the swimmer in clear water; 
a valuable feature is the series of 
"land drill " exercises for the beginner. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 2l>«— Speed Swimming-. 

By Champion C. M. Daniels of the 
New York Athletic Club team, holder 
of numerous American records, and the 
best swimmer in America qualified to 
write on the subject. Any boy should 
be able to increase his speed in the 
water after reading Champion Daniels' 
Instructions on the subject. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 128— How to Row. 

By E. J. Giannini, of the New York 
Athletic Club, one of America's most 
famous amateur oarsmen and cham- 
pions. Shows how to hold the oars, 
the finish of the stroke and other valu- 
able information. Price 10 cents. 

No. 23— Canoeing. 

Paddling, sailing, cruising and rac- 
ing canoes and their uses; with hints 
on rig and management; the choice of 
a canoe; sailing canoes, racing regula- 
tions; canoeing and camping. Fully 
illustrated. Price 10 cents. 



No. 209— How to Become a 
Skater. 

Contains advice for beginners; how 
to become a figure skater, showing how 
to do all the different tricks of the best 
figure skaters. Pictures of prominent 
skaters and numerous diagrams. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 2N2— Official Roller Skat- 
ing Guide. 

Directions for becoming a fancy and 
trick roller skater, and rules for roller 
skating. Pictures of prominent trick 
skaters in action. Price 10 cents. 

No. 17S— How to Train for 
Bicycling. 

Gives methods of the best riders 
when training for long or short distance 
races; hints on training. Revised and 
up-to-date in every particular. Price 
10 cents. 



_ __„ r Manly 
Group XIV. Spor £ 

No. 140— Wrestling. 

Catch-as-catch-can style. Seventy 
illustrations of the different holds, pho- 
tographed especially and so described 
that anybody can with little effort learn 
every one. Price 10 cents. 

No. 18 — Fencing. 

By Dr. Edward Breck, of Boston, 
editor of The Swordsman, a promi- 
nent amateur fencer. A book that hat 
stood the test of time, and is universally 
acknowledged to be a standard work. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 1G2— Boxing Guide. 

Contains over 70 pages of illustrations 
showing all the latest blows, posed 
especially for this book under the super- 
vision of a well-known instructor of 
boxing, who makes a specialty of teach- 
ing and knows how to impart his 
knowledge. Price 10 cents. 

No. 165— The Art of Fencing 

By Regis and Louis Senac, of New 
York, famous instructors and leading 
authorities on the subject. Gives in 
detail how every move should be mad* 
Price 10 cents. 



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No. 236— How to Wrestle. 

The most complete and up-to-date 
book on wrestling ever published. 
Edited by F. R. Toombs, and devoted 
principally to special poses and illustra- 
tions by George Hackenschmidt, the 
" Russian Lion." Price 10 cents. 



No. 102— Ground Tumbling. 

Any boy, by reading this book and 
following the instructions, can become 
proficient- Price 10 cents. 



No. 2St>— Tumbling for Ama- 
teurs. 

Specially compiled for amateurs by 
Dr. James T. Gwathmey. Every variety 
of the pastime explained by text and 
pictures, over 100 different positions 
being shown. Price 10 cents. 



No. 191— How to Punch the 
Bag. 

The best treatise on bag punching 
that has ever been printed. Every va- 
riety of blow used in training is shown 
and explained, with a chapter on fancy 
bag punching by a well-known theatri- 
cal bag puncher. Price 10 cents. 



No. 200— Dumb-Bells. 

The best work on dumb-bells that 
has ever been offered. By Prof. G. 
Bojus, of New York. Contains 200 
photographs. Should be in the hands 
of every teacher and pupil of physical 
culture, and is invaluable f ji lome 
exercise. Price 10 cents. 



No. 143— Indian Clubs and 
Dumb-Bells. 

By America's amateur champbn ciub 
swinger, J. H. Dougherty. It is clearly 
illustrated, by which any novice can 
become an expert. Price 10 cents, 



No. 262— Medicine Bail Ex- 
ercises. 

A series of plain and practical exer- 
cises with the medicine ball, suitable 
for boys and girls, business and profes- 
sional men, in and out of gymnasium. 
p rice 10 centa. 



No. 2J*— Pulley Weight Exer- 
cises. 

By Dr. Henry S. Anderson, instructor 
in heavy gymnastics Yale gymnasium. 
In conjunction with a chest machine 
anyone with this book can become 
perfectly developed. Price 10 centa. 



i No. 233— Jiu Jitsu. 

Each move thoroughly explained and 
illustrated with numerous full-page 
pictures of Messrs. A. Minami and K. 
Koyama, two of the most famous ex- 
ponents of the art of Jiu Jitsu, who 
posed especially for this book. Price 
10 cents. 



Xo. 166— How to Swing In- 
dian Clubs. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. By follow- 
ing the directions carefully anyone can 
become an expert. Price 10 cents. 



No. 326— Professional Wrest- 
ling. 

A book devoted to the catch-as-catch- 
can style ; illustrated with half-tone 
pictures showing the different holds 
used by Frank Gotch, champion catch- 
as-catch-can wrestler of the world. 
Posed by Dr. Roller and Charles Postl. 
By Ed. W. Smith, Sporting Editor of 
the Chicago American. Price 10 cents. 



Group XV. Gymnastics 

No. 104— The Grading of 
Gymnastic Exercises. 

By G. M. Martin. A book that should 
be in the hands of every physical direc- 
tor of the Y. M. C. A., school, club, col- 
lege, etc. Price 10 cents. 



No. 214— Graded Calisthen- 
ics and Dum b-Bell Drills. 

For years it has been the custom in 
most gymnasiums of memorizing a set 
drill, which was never varied- Conse- 
quently the beginner was given the 
same kind and amount as the older 
member. With a view to giving uni 
formity the present treatise is at 
tempted. Price 10 cent". 



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No. 254-Barnjnm Bar Bell 
Drill. 

Edited by Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, 
Director Physical Training, University 
of Pennsylvania. Profusely illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 158 — Indoor and Outdoor 
Gymnastic Games. 

A book that will prove valuable to in- 
door and outdoor gymnasiums, schools, 
outings and gatherings where there 
are a number to be amused. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 124 — How to Become a 
Gymnast. 

By Robert Stoll, of the New York 
A. C., the American champion on the 
flying rings from 1885 to 1892. Any boy 
can easily become proficient with a 
little practice. Price 10 cents. 

No. 287— Fancy Dumb Bell 
and Marching Drills. 

All concede that games and recreative 
exercises during the adolescent period 
are preferable to set drills and monoton- 
ous movements. These drills, while de- 
signed primarily for boys, can be used 
successfully with girls and men and 
women. Profusely illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 327— Pyramid Building: 
Without Apparatus. 

By W. J. Cromie, Instructor of 
Gymnastics, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. With illustrations showing 
many different combinations. This 
book should be in the hands of all gym- 
nasium instructors. Price 10 Cents. 

No. :52N— Exercises on the 
Parallel Bars. 

By W. J. Cromie. Every gymnast 
should procure a copy of this book. 
Illustrated with cuts showing many 
novel exercises. Price 10 cents. 

No. 329— Pyramid Building 
Trith Chairs, Wands and 
Ladders. 

By W. J. Cromie. Illustrated with 
half-tone photopraphs showing many 
interesting combinations. Price 10 
cents. 



GYMNASTIC AUXILIARY. 
No. 345— Official Handbook 
Inter-Collegiate Associa- 
tion Amateur Gymnasts 
of America. 

Edited by P. R. Carpenter, Physical 
Instructor Amherst College. Contains 
pictures of leading teams and individual 
champions, official rules governing con- 
tests, records. Price 10 cents. 

_ VTT¥ Physical 

Group XVI. culture 

No. 161— Ten Minutes' Exer- 
cise for Busy Men. 

By Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, Direc- 
tor of Physical Training in the New 
York Public Schools. A concise and 
complete course of physical education. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 208— Physical Education 
and Hygiene. 

This is the fifth of the Physical 
Training series, by Prof. E. B. Warman 
(see Nos. 142, 149, 166. 185. 213, 261. 290.) 
Price 10 cents. 
No. 149— The Careof the Body. 

A book that all who value health 
should read and follow its instructions. 
By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known 
lecturer and authority on physical cul- 
ture. Price 10 cents. 

No. 142— Physical Training 
Simplified. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. A complete, 
thorough and practical book where the 
whole man is considered — brain and 
body. Price 10 cents. 
No. 261— Tensing Exercises. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. The "Ten- 
sing" or "Resisting" system of mus- 
cular exercises is the most thorough, 
the most complete, the most satisfac- 
tory, and the most fascinating of sys- 
tems. Price 10 cents. 

No. 346— How to Live 10O 
Years. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. Helpful 
and healthful suggestions for attain- 
ing a vigorous and happy "old age," 
with numerous instances of longevity 
aad the methods and habits pursued 
'->y those who lived beyond the allotted 
span of life. Written in Prof. War- 
man's best style. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 185— Health Hints. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. Health in- 
fluenced by insulation; health influ- 
enced by underwear; health influenced 
by color; exercise. Price 10 cents. 

No. 213—285 Health Answers. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. Contents: 
ventilating a bedroom; ventilating a 
house; how to obtain pure air; bathing; 
salt water baths at home; a substitute 
for ice water; to cure insomnia, etc.. 
etc. Price 10 cents. 

No. 238— Muscle Building. 

By Dr. L. H. Gulick. A complete 
treatise on the correct method of 
acquiring strength. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 231— School Tactics and 
Maze Running-. 

A series of drills for the use of school*. 
Edited by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 325— Twenty Minute Ex- 
ercises. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. with chap- 
ters on " How to Avoid Growing Old," 
and " Fasting ; Its Objects and Bene- 
fits." Price 10 cents. 



No. 285— Health; by Muscu- 
lar Gymnastics. 

With hints on right living. By W. J. 
Cromie. If one will practice the exer- 
cises and observe the hints therein 
contained, he will be amply repaid for 
so doing. Price 10 cents. 

No. 288— -Indigestion Treated 
by l*ymnastics 

By W. J. Cromie. If the hints there- 
in contained are observed and the 
exercises faithfully performed great 
relief will be experienced. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 2»<>— Get Well; Keep 
Well. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman, author of a 
number of books in the Spalding Ath- 
letic Library on physical training. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 330— Physical Training 
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INTRODUCTION 

Almost every boy, when beginning to play ball, is ambitious tc 
become a successful pitcher. The pitcher during a game has 
something to do all the time, and there never lived an American 
boy who did not like to be busy on the ball field. He wants to 
have the ball in his hands, and, if the truth be known, rather 
likes the advantage which the pitcher enjoys of striking the other 
fellows out and gloating subsequently over their discomfiture. 

Many of the most skilled professional players of the present, 
r.nd of the days of the past, began their base ball career as pitchers. 
With a little more practical knowledge, and with the advantage 
of words of good advice, they might have succeeded in the centre 
of the diamond better than they did. 

To aid the amateurs and the beginners is the purpose of this 
work on pitching, and its contents are the practical teaching of 
men who have reached the top as pitchers, and who have had 
experience, both as members of the best clubs playing base ball, 
and as contenders against teams that have enjoyed national 
reputations. 

There is one consideration to be accepted as a principle, and 
the more that it is impressed upon the novices, the better it will 
be for them in the end. It is a fact, that is, in reality, the con- 
census of opinion of three score of the best players who are pitch- 
ing for the professional teams at the present time. It is this: 



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Perfect control of the ball must be obtained before any pitcher 
can hope to rank with the best. 

Without that qualification curves and speed are in vain, and 
until it is secured the beginner should practice and practice dili- 
gently and persistently to obtain it. It is impossible to expect to 
make much headway against either skilled or unskilled players 
until the pitcher learns to put the ball to that spot where he 
intends it to go. 

So important is this matter regarded by all who arc intimate 
with the technique and the practical side of Base Ball, that it is 
worth a chapter, even before the beginner thinks much about 
curves or change of pace and other details that go to make the 
successful pitcher. 

Denton T. Young, whose marvelous no-hit and no-run game 
pitched for the Boston American League club during the season 
of 1904, followed by another no-hit and no-run game in 1908, 
but one player reaching first base, established him as one of the 
greatest men who ever placed his foot against the pitcher's 
plate; whose term of service has been so long that he enjoys 
the greatest reputation of any pitcher for continued good work 
in the box, is one of the pitchers who has seldom been troubled 
with wildness, and his remarks upon accuracy in pitching are 
especially valuable. 



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FIRST— LEARN CONTROL OF BALL 
By 

Denton T. ("Cy") Young 

There are young players in base ball who have what might be 
called natural control. Before they picked up a base ball for the 
first time, I venture to say that they could throw stones and 
pebbles more accurately than their companions, even if they were 
not able to throw them so far. Possibly every other boy in the 
neighborhood could throw a green apple swifter, but it was this 
particular boy, with his greater accuracy, who hit the mark the 
most times. 

That is what I call natural control, and the moment that boy 
begins to practice pitching, if he should, it will be found that he 
keeps the ball near the plate all the time, and that he is effective 
against other teams, much to the surprise of his companions, who 
note that he is not a swift thrower nor a long-distance thrower. 

Every boy, who tries to become a pitcher, should make an 
effort to secure the same control of a ball as this boy has with his 
natural gift of accuracy. Speed is decidedly a bad qualification for 
pitching unless accuracy goes with it. That is why so many slow 
pitchers are successful in professional base ball. Speed that gives 
bases on balls is equivalent to giving base hits, and to permit hits 
to be made is the first step toward defeat. 

To obtain this control of the ball, which is so essential to suc- 
cess, there is nothing to my mind like practice. It is not neces- 
sary that one should paint out a white spot on some dark back- 



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ground and throw at it until tired. I know of young pitcher? 
who have tried that sort of thing, and it always amused me. The 
most that it did was to accustom them to hitting with some 
accuracy a stationary target. A batter is not a stationary target, 
hence the worthlessness of such practice. 

I would have a young player, even if he possesses some natural 
control, and surely if he possesses none, pitch to a catcher over 
an improvised plate. Better still, if he can get somebody to be 
the batter while he remains pitcher all the time. 

Providing it is not possible to get any one to act as batter, be 
sure to have the plate — a piece of board the proper si/e will do— 
and the catcher behind it. The catcher should sign for a high 
ball and a low ball, and whether the beginner knows much about 
curving the ball or not, he should be asked to put it first to one 
side of the plate and then to the other to improve his accuracy. 

Young players will be astonished to see how much this simple 
practice will do to assist their efficiency. After awhile they 
will quite unco*"siously copy the cross-fire of which sc much is 
heara nowadays. Cross-fire is only the ability of the pitcher to 
direct the ball across home base on a certain angle between the 
pitcher and the plate. 

My advice would be not to try to use speed while this practice 
is going on because that is wearing on the arm. Merely get the 
ball to the plate with sufficient force to cause it to come within 
the batter's reach, at a certain point which the pitcher had in 
mind when he permitted the ball to leave his hand. 



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Keep this up daily; in fact, whenever any one can be found tc 
catch the ball. Mark out a square on the ground for the home 
plate, if there is nothing available to act as a temporary base and 
pitch at that with a definite purpose to make the ball go where it 
is wanted to go. 

Young players may have watched the professionals warm up 
before the game, and no doubt have seen the catcher drop his 
glove in front of him to act as a temporary base. The warming 
up is not so much to develop the speed in the pitcher's arm, 
which would be bound to come out in an inning or so, as it is to 
get the arm trained to do what the pitcher wants it to do. When 
I can make the ball to go over first one end, then the other, then 
the centre of my catcher's glove, I know that I have got good 
control, and that I will be able to execute during the afternoon 
what I start out to accomplish. 

I did not give a base on balls in the game in which I allowed 
no hits and no runs to be made, and I knew almost from the 
very first ball which left my hand that afternoon that I should be 
able to put the ball exactly where I wanted to. I should advise 
all young pitchers to seek the same result. It may take a long 
time to succeed, but there is likely to come a day when the pitchei 
suddenly discovers that he has got control at last, and from thai 
moment he is the master of the batter and need have little to fear 
as to his future. 

Having learned accuracy in the delivery of the ball, the next 
thing is to master the curves. Some may have thought that it 



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was essential to know how to curve a ball before anything else. 
Experience, to my mind, teaches to the contrary in this respect. 
Any young player, who has good control of the ball, will 
become a successful curve pitcher long before the beginner who 
is endeavoring to master both curves and control at the same 
time. The curve is merely an accessory to control. Witness 
how many good pitchers there were before the curved ball wa." 
heard of and how many there are now who employ straight balls 
as much as they do curves in their work. 




The out-curve is produced usually by grasping the ball with the first 
two fingers and the thumb, with the back of the hand turned downward. 
The fingers a-e •■ressea firmly against the ball, which is gripped tight. The 
out-curve may b.- either fast or slow. 




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The incurve is pitched with a side-arm motion, the ball being released 
over the tips of the first two fingers, the arm being swept around with a 
lateral motion. Some pitchers throw an in-curve by grasping the ball 
with all four fingers and permitting it to slip over the tips. 



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HOW TO PITCH THE OUTCURVE 
By 
Samuel Leever 

Grasp the ball with the first two fingers of the hand and the 
thumb. Some use the third finger to steady the ball in the palm 
of the hand and some turn the fourth finger completely down. 
The use of the third and fourth fingers depends largely upon the 
individual. Turn the hand downward, holding the ball as if in a 
saucer. When the bail is delivered let it pass between the thumb 
and the first finger. This gives the rotary motion that is neces- 
sary to produce the curve. It is possible to pitch both a fast and 
a slow outcurve. It is better for the beginner to attempt the 
slow curve first. To acquirable slow curve, do not grasp the 
ball too tightly. Too many young pitchers destroy the effect of 
the curve by holding the ball so firmly in the hand that they fail 
to give it the proper revolving motion. They become discouraged 
at frequent unsuccessful attempts to succeed, when thus handi- 
capped, and give up trying to learn, when a proper word of cau- 
tion would have placed them on the right track to the realization 
of what was necessary. The outcurve may be pitched both with 
an underhand delivery and an overhand delivery. 



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HOW TO PITCH AN INSHOOT 
By 

William Dineen 

There are but few pitchers who have ever been able to pitch 
what might be positively termed a real incurve. As a rule they 
are left-handers and what are best known in base ball as "phe- 
nomenal" pitchers. 

All pitchers can learn to throw an inshoot. To left-handers it 
is often the natural manner of delivering the ball. Grasp the ball 
with the first three ringers and the thumb. Hold it firmly. Speed 
is necessary for an inshoot. Keep the hand in an upright position. 
When the ball is released from the hand let it go over the tips of 
the fingers and use a lateral motion in delivering it. That is the 
only manner in which the ball can be made so to revolve on its 
axis as to acquire the proper direction. The ball must turn from 
right to left in such a manner as to deflect its course toward tht 
right corner of home plate. 

Do not become discouraged if you fail to see the ball positively 
change its course as it does in an outcurve. The mere fact that 
it constantly bears in toward a right-hand batter and away from 
a left-hand batter is all that is needed to make it successful. Prac- 
tice will succeed in giving a sharp break to the ball, which may 
not amount to mere than an inch or two, but is very effective 
when combined with good control, since it baffles the batter to 
meet it effectually with the full part of the bat. 

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do not be afraid to do so. The fact most to be kept in mind is, 
that a rapid motion is necessary to induce the ball to "bore in," 
and it is necessary that accuracy shall follow to make the inshoot 
tuccessful. If you can't get accuracy with three ringers, use all 
tour. 



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W TO PITCH A DROP 



By 

Thomas Hughes 

When certain of a drop, a pitcher is in possession of one of the 
most valuable assets on the ball field. The manner of grasping 
the ball is identical with that employed in pitching an outcurve. 
The back of the hand must be parallel with the ground when the 
ball leaves it. 

It is the motion of pitching and the manner in which the ball 
is released that has more to do with bringing about the drop than 
anything else. The arm must be brought up high, and when 
over the shoulder at the maximum of the swing, the ball is to be 
released between the thumb and the first finger and the hand 
pulled back— try to learn to do it unconsciously— so that the ball 
is given a motion corresponding to that which is given to a bil 
liard ball when a draw shot is being attempted. In other words, 
the ball is to be pulled from under. This will counteract the 
rotary motion when the ball has reached a certain stage in its 
flight, and cause it to settle unexpectedly toward the earth, at the 
same time bearing to the left of the home plate if the pitcher be 
right-handed. 

Left-hand pitchers from the nature of their delivery, which is 
almost invariably attended with a long arm swing from the 
shoulder, pitch the drop ball more naturally than right-handers, 
but there are many right-hand pitchers who are among the most 
effective ot the drop ball pitchers. 



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Be sure that the arm is not jerked too suddenly and that the 
muscles in the shoulder feel perfectly free when the ball is de- 
livered. Otherwise in time the drop ball will kill the use of the 
arm for pitching purposes. As stated before, it is one of the most 
valuable assets that can be possessed by a pitcher, and at the same 
time it has ruined many a good pitcher because he obtained the 
drop at the sacrifice of his shoulder muscles which were cramped 
during delivery and after a while succumbed to the strain. 




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CONCERNING THE BODY SWING 
By 

Christopher Mathewson 

Having learned to control the ball, and having mastered the 
rudiments of the curves, there is another matter to be considered 
that has been overlooked by young pitchers until recent years. In 
fact, it is only within two or three years that it has been given any 
study, and there is no question that if some of the "old-timers" 
had considered it more carefully they would have been far better 
off and unquestionably would have lasted longer in the box. 

This subject is that of the body swing. 

Beginning with the earliest days, pitchers undertook their task 
literally from the definition of the word, and were pitchers in 
reality, compelling the arm to do all the work. The earliest 
pitching delivery permissible under the rules may have rendered 
that partially necessary, but the demands made upon the pitcher 
now would quickly terminate the career of any young player who 
would trust to his arm and nothing more to be successful. 

No matter whether pitching an outcurve, an inshoot or a drop, 
remember that the body may be made to do at least two-thirds of 
the work. Don't think this statement an exaggeration, for it isn't. 
Every pitcher nowadays is rinding the truth contained in that asser- 
tion, and how seldom it is that you see a pitcher deliberately standing 
with both feet flat on the ground, merely drawing his arm back and 
throwing with all the force in his biceps, while his back and shoulder 
muscles are not called upon to meet their full share of ihe exertion. 




HOW BALL IS GRASPED FOR START OF THE "FADEAWAY. 




THE BALL LEAVING THE HAND AS IT GETS THE FINAL TWIST 
OF THE WRIST FOR THE "FADEAWAY." 



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When ready to deliver the ball to the batter, as the pitcher 
draws his arm up, he should bend his body in unison with the 
motion. For instance, suppose that you are going to pitch a 
drop ball and employ a long swing to do so. As your arm goes 
up and back, let your body bend from the centre backward. 

The moment that you have reached your proper poise — that 
position where your arm and hand are in correct alignment with 
the plate to give what you think will be the correct direction to 
the flight of the ball— come forward, not only with your arm, but 
with all the weight of your body. You will find that when you 
release the ball, your arm, after all, has done little but guide the 
ball, and that most of the speed was obtained by the tremendous 
force that was exercised by the muscles in your back and shoulder. 

All other curves and the straight ball call for the same treat- 
ment. Some pitchers seem to get extra speed by "winding up" 
their arms around their heads. Occasionally an additional snap 
may be gained by this practice, but it has been my experience 
that the real relief to the arm, and the actual power that is desir- 
able as a pitcher, are obtained by making the body do its just 
share of the work. 

Don't think that it will in any way effect good control. It is 
just as easy, or easier, to pitch with a body swing than it is with- 
out it, and the chances are that pitchers who rely upon speed 
more than anything else, will last much longer in the box if they 
divide the work so that the arm is not compelled tc bear the 
brunt of a task which belongs to the back and shoulders as well. 




1, Chief Bender; 2, Jack Coombs. Conlon, Photo. 

THE TWO PITCHERS USED BY THE ATHLETICS IN THE WORLD'S 
SERIES. 



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LEARN TO STUDY THE BATTER 
By 

Charles F. Bender 

Too many young pitchers have the wrong impression that it is 
always dangerous to permit a batter to hit the ball, no matter 
what the style of the latter may be. As a result there is a ten- 
dency on the part of the pitcher to try to fool the batter with an 
array of curves, combined with speed, which will result in a 
strike out. 

Failing to do that, how often is the expression heard — with 
some accent of disgust— "if the pitcher had not tried to strike 
every man out, we might have done better." 

Beginners must bear in mind that batters differ just as much in 
their way of striking at the ball, as pitchers differ in their manner 
of delivering it, and it is the duty of every young player, who 
desires to succeed on the diamond, to learn by close observation 
how to distinguish between the different methods employed by 
the batters who face him during the progress of a season. 

Frequently, when teams of young players, who are just begin- 
ning to enjoy the most exciting element of base ball, that of 
journeying to different towns and villages to meet new rivals, are 
about to walk upon the field, the pitcher will be heard to say: 
"I don't know anything about these fellows. I guess that I will 
just put on a lot of speed, and hustle the ball across the plate as 
hard as I can, and trust to luck to keep them down." 

This is not the proper way to look at it. Of course the pitcher 



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may have luck. He may be an extraordinarily good pitcher for 
a beginner, and possibly no team would be able to do much 
against him of his particular class, but he is making himself a 
great deal of extra work which might be saved. In addition to 
that, if he is trusting blindly to his own brute strength, and not 
watching what the batters do, he is handicapping himself, for it 
is tolerably certain that the batters are watching him to ascertain 
if there is some weak point not discernible in his delivery. 

No two men swing at the ball alike. Generally speaking, 
batters may be divided into two great classes, those who are free 
hitters and those who are snap hitters. 

The free hitters use a long swing and usually a hard swing 
when they go after the ball, and if they hit it are likely to drive 
it to the length of the field. As a rule, they can hit both low 
and high balls with equal effectiveness if they happen to meet the 
ball squarely. 

The snap hitters employ the forearms fully as much or more 
than they do the shoulder muscles. They are not so powerful in 
batting low balls as they are those which come between the waist 
and shoulder. They are experts in pushing the ball either to 
right or left field, although almost all of them have a natural 
tendency to hit to one field or the other. 

The free hitters, as a rule, are fooled more by slow pitching 
than they are by speed. They almost invariably start their swing 
before the ball has come up to them, and if the pitcher studies 
them carefully he can usually time the ball so that when the bat 



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meets it a pop fly will result or a slow grounder to the infield, the 
batter being unable to restrain himself so that he can strike the 
ball with full force. 

Against hitters of this kind it is not only dangerous to use 
speed, but a waste of effort on the part of the pitcher. If speed 
is employed and the batter swings full on the ball as it approaches 
the plate he will meet it with the same force with which it is 
approaching him, and the result will be a hit landing somewhere 
out in the back field for two or three bases. 

On the other hand the snap hitters are bothered by speed, not 
so much because they cannot hit it, but because they find it much 
more difficult to place the ball when it is coming up to the plate 
full tilt. A slow ball will be easy for a man who does his batting 
by a short arm motion. He can deliberately swing it around to 
right field, if he is so inclined, or push it slowly down toward 
third base where it will be difficult for either the pitcher or the 
baseman to handle it. 

Young pitchers should be very careful about using speed to 
those batters who are inclined to walk in to the ball as it comes 
up to them. They will be apt to rap it squarely in the center, 
before the curve has a chance to break effectually, and will hit 
with such force that the infielders will find it almost out of the 
question to hold the ball even if it comes to them. 

On the other hand no hesitancy should be had in using speed 
against all batters who are inclined to step away from the plate. 
In the very short interval of time in which they change their 



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position, theywill have lost perfect sight of the ball, andanytmng 
with speed will whisk by them before they have time to pull 
themselves together, and even if they do hit the ball the chances 
are greater that it will be a weak effort than that it will do much 
damage. 

Whenever a batter shows any disposition to be afraid of the 
ball it is good policy on 'the part of the young pitcher to use 
speed and keep the ball on the outside corner of the plate. The 
timidity of the batter will cause him instinctively to draw back or 
pull away from the base, and the chances are that he will miss 
the ball altogether, or at the most not meet it hard enough to do 
any great damage. 

On the other hand, if the batter shows a fondness for walking 
into the ball, the more that it can be kept on the inside corner of 
the plate, the better, for the batter will be likely to strike it, if he 
meets it at all, on the handle of his bat, and not get it away from 
the infield. 

Young pitchers should also notice the attitude of the different 
batters who face him. The batter who stands almost at right 
angles to the plate, facing the pitcher, will be dangerous against 
any kind of a ball that is above the waist. The batter, who 
stands facing the plate, with his side toward the pitcher, will 
almost invariably meet anything low with terrific force, while it 
will bother him to swing hard on a high ball. 

Batters who grasp the bat some distance from the small end 
will not be bothered much by either a high or a low ball, meeting 



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timost anything with great accuracy. Varying curves will do 
more damage against them than change of pace. 

Batters who grasp the bat at the extreme small end, will meet 
with terrific force anything between the knee and the waist, and 
the pitcher should aim to keep the ball as high as possible, and 
over the corners of the plate, not taking any chances on balls 
Straight over the center. 







1. Ford; 2, Hemphill; 3, Knight; 4, Austin. 

A GROUP OF NEW YORK AMERICANS. 1910. 

Conlon, Puoto. 



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THE ANGLE OF DELIVERY 
By 

Joseph McGinnity 

Pitching methods have all been changed since I became a pro- 
fessional. In one respect there has been a complete revolution 
in the last two years. It is due, of course, to the rule which 
compels a pitcher to keep one foot on a plate instead of permitting 
him to roam around in a box from which he can deliver the ball 
at will. 

In the old days when we had the box no pitcher was compelled 
to deliver the ball twice from the same place, if he felt inclined to 
shift from point to point. He had plenty of room in which he 
could exercise his ingenuity against the batters. 

It is different now with that little plate which occupies the 
centre of the diamond, and the pitchers have been compelled to 
evolve new methods to try to fool the batters. One of the most 
successful has been in changing the angle of delivery. Some 
times you hear it spoken of as " cross-fire." It is one of the best 
devices of which I know to fool even the heavy batters. 

There are some pitchers, even now, who seldom shift their 
position. They rely absolutely on curves and change of pace. 
Both are essential to success, but how much better they might 
succeed if they would only change from one side of the plate to 
the other. 

Suppose a batter to be at home plate. First, I might try him 
with an outcurve directly over the centre of the plate and pitched 



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squarely from my position. He fails to strike at it. The next 
time I will step to the right as I deliver the ball, pitching the 
same curve, but at such a slant that it will carry wide of the plate. 
To the batter it appears as if the ball were coming just as it did 
before, and I fool him into striking at the ball, with a small 
chance of hitting it safely, even if he is successful in touching it. 

In somewhat similar fashion I can use the "cross-fire" against 
a right-hand batter by stepping to the left of the pitcher's plate 
and throwing a perfectly straight' ball so that it will ''bore in" 
toward the inside corner of home plate. Even if the batter notes 
that the ball tends in that direction the chances are that he cannot 
make up his mind that it is not going to be a good ball to hit, 
with the result that, if he meets it. he strikes it well up on the 
handle of the bat, and is lucky if he makes a hit that goes out of 
the mfield. 

I should advise all young pitchers constantly to keep in mind 
the success that may be attended by careful employment of the 
"cross-fire." Remember that in using it possibly it will not be 
necessary to employ a curve. Study your batter carefully. Note 
whether his tendency is to step into the ball or step away from it, 
and shift your position to correspond with his weakness. 

You will be surprised to find that "cross-fire" with nothing but 
a straight ball will do more to baffle some batters than all the 
curves that can be pitched to them. They do not seem to be able 
to measure the angle at which you deliver the ball, and never 
meet it effectively enough to worry you in the least. 



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HOW TO PITCH THE RAISE BALL 
By 
Joseph McGinnity 

There have not been to exceed half a dozen professional 
pitchers who were ever really successful with the raise ball 
There is but one who was known to pitch what was asserted by 
competent base ball authority to be a positive upshoot. He was 
Rhines, of Cincinnati. 

Like the drop ball, the raise ball is a product, more of the style 
of delivery, than because of any peculiar motion given to it. It is 
the heritage of the old days of underhand pitching — when no 
curves were known — combined with the outcurve of the present 
day. 

Grasp the ball exactly as if about to pitch an outcurve. In- 
stead of swinging the hand over the shoulder, drop the arm and let 
the ball be delivered from any angle in the vicinity of the knee. 
If you can start it lower than the knee, and with accuracy, so 
much the more effective the raise is likely to be. 

It is not necessary to use speed. In fact, lack of speed with 
good control, are far bette/, for it is one of the most difficult de* 
liveries of all for tfie batter :o guage since he can see the ball 
floating to him all the way, and yet finds it almost out of the 
question to estimate its speed so that he can hit it effectively. 
Ninety-five times out of one hundred he will hit underneath it 
and merely lift it into the air for an easy chance to the fielders. 




i/IORDECAI BROWN, THE FAMOUS "THREE-FINGERED 1 
PITCHER OF THE CHICAGO NATIONALS. 



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KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PLATE 
By 
Mordecai Brown 

"Keep your eye on the plate" may sound a great deal like 
superfluous advice. Some of the young ball players who read 
this article may feel like asking me whether that is intended for 
a joke, or to restrain any impulse that they may have to pay 
attention to details of the game other than those which concern 
them. 

It is neither a joke nor is it semi-humorous advice. If you 
have ever attempted to throw a missile at a fixed target you 
may have noticed that if you kept your eye on the tarkct while 
throwing, your aim was better than if you permitted your at- 
tention first to be given to the target, back to the missile and 
again to the target. 

The principle is the same as that of the axeman in the forest. 
When he is chopping down a tree, or hewing a log into rails, 
he does not watch the blade of the axe as it descends, but his 
eye is on the point into which he intends to chop. Were he to 
permit his eye to turn, first to the axe and then to the log, and 
perhaps back again to the axe, the chances are good that he 
would wound his foot, or his leg, before he had finished with 
his task. 

He centers his observation on the object which he desires to 
hit with the blade of the axe. He may not once take it away 
from this point during the time that he is making stroke after 



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stroke into the wood before him, and so expert does he become 
that he can place the axe blade time after time within the frac- 
tion of an inch of the point at which he aims. 

This theory applies to successful pitching. The pitcher must 
make the plate his target. As he becomes more expert he will 
be able to select some particular point of the plate to which he 
wishes to force the ball. If he keeps his eye on this point, 
while he is in the act of delivering the ball, and does not permit 
his attention to wander, first to the batsman, then to the catcher, 
from there to the stand, and back again to the objective point 
of his delivery, he will find that he can pitch with more confi- 
dence and with more accuracy than possible under any other 
conditions. 

P have seen young pitchers who were making their advent on 
the diamond, try to cope with the batters of a team, and seem- 
ingly forget that it was more to the purpose to keep the ball 
hovering over the plate all the time, than it was to try to throw 
experimental curves with which they expected to fool the batter, 
and yet had little or no conviction as to whether the ball would 
carry on the line for which they had intended it. 

Instead of having a definite point in view for the placing of 
the ball, they seemed imbued only with the notion of getting 
the ball in motion toward the batter, trusting that it would carry 
within the radius for whence they had designed it. 

That kind of pitching is seldom likely to be successful. It is 
too apt to result in bases on balls, and ^ases on balls are as 



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disastrous to pitchers as base hits. Any lack of skill, which 
permits a batter to reach first base, is as much a detriment to 
the pitcher as possible inability on the part of the pitcher to 
deceive the batter. 

Bases on balls mean simply that the work of the defending 
team is increased in proportion as men are given a base-running- 
life. The more players there are on bases the greater the work 
that is entailed on the fielding team to prevent the side from 
scoring runs. This is so obvious that beginners must be able 
to perceive its truth. 

When a pitcher is in position and is ready to deliver the ball, 
instead of looking at his hand, to see whether he has grasped 
it in exactly the position that he wishes, and keeping his eye 
on ground in front of him, or even on his hand as he draws 
the ball back to deliver it — and I have seen young pitchers do 
that — he should be looking straight at the plate, having selected 
that point where he expects that the ball will either cross the 
plate or come so close to it that the batter will be deceived into 
striking at it. 

All motions which relate to pitching should be as nearly in- 
voluntary as they can be made. The pitcher should learn to 
tell by the feeling of the ball in his fingers that he has it in 
the right position, without being compelled to take his eye away 
from the plate to note whether he grasps the ball correctly. 



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HOW TO MAKE A BATTER DO WHAT 
YOU WANT HIM TO DO By 

Albert Orth, the "Curveless Wonder" 

If every pitcher were able to make every batter do exactly what 
he desired him to do, there would be not much hard work for the 
fielders. No pitcher can play the whole game, but it is surprising 
how much can be done by the pitcher to keep batters under control. 

To learn how to do it, study your batters. 

For example, you may notice that a certain batter has a tendency 
to hit over the ball when it comes low. Keep the ball low all the 
time. Don't pitch him a high one for the chances are that he 
will meet it full. His natural swing is about at a certain angle 
over the plate, and while he may deviate occasionally the odds are 
in your favor that his bat will fall into the same place most of the 
time. If you keep the ball where he is bound to hit under it, he 
will bat into the air, where it is much easier for the fielders to 
make their plays than if he hits it on the ground. 

Keep the ball high on all batters as a rule when they are trying 
to sacrifice. In the first place, it is harder for them to meet the 
ball effectively, and secondly, they are seldom able to place it. A 
skillful bunter will place a low ball either toward first, or third, 
where it is almost out of the question to get it to the base in time 
to retire him. 

Some batters have a tendency to step toward the plate when they 
hit the ball. Keep it close to them all the time. If you pitch on 
the outside corner of the plate they will meet it squarely and with 



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their full swing. That means base hits and worse. The more 
you make it essential for them to meet the ball on the handle ot 
the bat, the more you destroy their efficiency as good batters. 

Other batters are inclined to draw away from the plate. Keep 
the ball out for them. If they hit it, the end of the bat is likely 
to be the point of contact, and there is seldom much force on a 
hit by the extreme end of the bat, especially if the batter happens 
to be a man with a long swing. Outcurves always bother bat- 
ters of this description, who are seldom able to gauge accurately 
the point where the curve is likely to break, and frequently swing 
in such a ridiculously ineffective manner as to bring forth laughter 
from the spectators. 

If a batter is fast on his feet and apt to beat out hits by chopping 
the ball down to the ground, keep it below his waist, where the 
distance from the bat to the earth is so small that the ball does 
not get a chance to rebound high in the air. 

In general, all batters who have a free swing should be worked 
liberally on the extreme corners. Don't give them the ball over 
the plate unless absolutely compelled to do so. 

Batters who are inclined to place the ball should be served with 
curves exactly on the opposite side of the plate to that part of the 
field to which it is most natural for them to hit. 

A batter who is a good waiter should not be trifled with. Don't 
pitch a ball that is not intended to reach some part of the plate. 
Be master over him from the start, and don't let him get on even 
verms with you if it is possible to prevent it. 




EDWARD WALSH OF THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX, THE MOST PROMI 

NENT EXPONENT OF THE "SPIT BALL" DELIVERY 

IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. 



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STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE NEEDED 
J BYA PITCHER By 

Edward Walsh 

If I were a young player, to do all over again what I have 
done in professional Base Ball, I believe that I should pursue 
about the same course that I have since I have been connected 
with paid leagues. 

Not that I have not gained by experience, but I am satisfied 
that I was better equipped to pitch than to do anything else in 
the national game, and, therefore, it has not been an unprofitable 
experience for me. 

Many young players have asked my advice within the last 
year or two, or have sought to gain some information which 
they hoped might assist them in entering the game as profes- 
sionals. I have met several who were anxious to be pitchers. 
As a rule that seems to be the ambition of at least one-third of 
the young players. They reach out in that direction because 
they believe there is more to be made in the position of pitcher 
than there is to be made as a player in the field or on the bases. 
Without exception I have suggested to the young men who 
are interested in becoming the future professional experts of the 
United States, that it would be better for them first to consider 
whether they felt that they were capable of going through the 
physical strain every third day to which a pitcher is now sub- 
jected. 
Any young player whose arm is weak, or who cannot stand 



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the exertion of at least two good games in one week, should 
make up his mind that pitching, either in a professional or an 
amateur capacity, is likely to be too much for him. 

The increased distance at which the pitcher is compelled to 
throw the ball, and which is likely to remain the same for years 
to come, is very trying on the muscles of the pitching arm. Now 
and then there is a pitcher of light weight who is fairly suc- 
cessful in the pennant races of the greater importance, but if 
the ranks of ball players be thoroughly reviewed it will be dis- 
covered that the enduring pitchers of the present time are those 
who are possessed of the greatest amount of physical strength 
and the largest amount of reserve energy, in the way of bodily 
endurance. 

All this is essential to the possession of correct information 
in regard to pitching successfully. It would be foolish for a 
player who is not endowed by nature with the proper physique 
to be successful in the pitcher's box, to throw his time away 
trying to master curves which will not break right for him, un- 
less he can force the ball to the plate with perfect assurance 
that he knows how it will arrive for the batter. 

Another argument against trying to be a successful pitcher, 
without having the physical power to become one, is that the 
man who is not fitted for the part by nature will be unable to 
hold his own through a game of nine innings, and even if he 
is fairly successful at the start, will fail toward the finish and 
see the good that he has accomplished fade away little by little 
as the bats of the opposing team begin their work. 



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There is only one real essential to the ''spit ball," so called. 
That is speed and the strength behind it to make it speedy. I use 
it a great deal in my work and I have used it ever since I have 
been a professional. When I first began to pitch my control 
was not the best in the world, but I did what older pitchers 
advised me to do, worked hard every day to obtain control. 

While it is true that the "spit ball" to a certain extent is out- 
side the pale of control, owing to the erratic manner in which 
it occasionally twists, it is also true that you can have a definite 
idea as to what you wish to try to accomplish with it, and that, 
if you hold the ball in certain positions it will probably follow 
your general desire, although it may make some sharp and un- 
expected break which shall fool the catcher as much as it does 
the batter. 

To accomplish this you must have strength in your arm. No 
pitcher with a failing arm, or with an arm which cannot stand 
the strain of a high overhand delivery, releasing the ball at full 
speed with all the strength in the shouler, can hope to do much 
with an effort of this kind. 

If a pitcher lacks in physical strength to some extent, and 
still has endurance and the ability to curve the ball well and 
also retains good command of it, he is likely to meet with suc- 
cess for a time, although batters will generally be able to hit 
him for a rally better than they will the pitcher with strength 
and the sweeping delivery. 

It must not be forgotten that the fewer times which the 



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pitcher uses in throwing the ball to the plate are a matter of 
economy with him. If a pitcher can win with 150 balls and 
strikes against 200 he has saved just that much wear and tear 
on his arm. 

Some pitchers seem to forget this. Others are heedless in 
regard to it. Some pitchers throw the ball to the batter to try 
to tempt him to strike at impossible curves. Not satisfied with 
one experiment, they are likely to experiment two or three times, 
and it is so much waste of physical effort. 

Young pitchers should never forget that fact. It is a good 
idea not to work any harder in a Base Ball game than you are 
compelled to work. If 1 can save myself from pitching 400 or 
500 balls and strikes during half a season, I believe that I am 
just that much better off, and that I shall have a year or two 
added to my Base Ball career simply because I have not blindly 
thrown away the good that was in my arm. 



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IA/HAT PRACTICE MAY DO FOR A 
TV BEGINNER By 

Harry Coveleskie 

Had it not been for the fact that I was careful to observe the 
directions which were given me when I was sent from the Phila- 
delphia National League club in 1908 to join the Lancaster, Pa., 
club of the Tri-State League, it is possible that I would not 
have been able to pitch three winning games against the New 
York Nationals in the fall of 1908, and thereby make it possible 
for the Chicagos to win the championship. 

Had I lost one of those three games the New Yorks would 
have won the championship by the margin of one contest. I do 
not claim all the credit of winning them or even one-half of 
the credit. Far from that. Had it not been lor the good sup- 
port which was accorded to me by the other Philadelphia players, 
I would not have been able to hold the Giants down so well. 

What I desire to tell the beginners in 3ase Ball is that I was 
able to succeed against one of the best teams of the year be- 
cause, during a long absence in minor league company, I had 
tried faithfully to follow the injunctions which were given to 
me when I left the Philadelphia National League club in the 
spring, and the fact that I was successful should encourage all 
young ball players to try, and continue trying, so. that they do 
so in the right way. 

The New Yorks played against me in Philadelphia in the 
spring of the year. I think it was the second game of the first 
series. In any event I lost the game by the score of 14 to I. 




MATHEWSON (NEW YORK NATIONALS) PREPARING FOR 

A TPEEDY INSHOOT OR A "FADE AWAY." HE USES THE 

SAME MOTION FOR BOTH. 



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I was wild and slow in the box, and the Giants ran bases at 
will and laughed at me as they ran from one base to another. 
I had not expected to be immediately successful in major league 
company, and I had never played against men who were so fast 
or who dared to do so much, and 1 became more and more 

confused. 

1 was not surprised when I was told by the manager of the 
team that I needed a little more training before I was fit for 
fast company. To tell the truth. I felt that way myself. If all 
the clubs of the National League were like the New Yorks, I 
realized that I should not be able to make much headway against 
them with the little experience which I had received in major 

league Base Ball. 

So I went to Lancaster with the parting words of the Phila- 
delphia manager ringing in my ears. "You need work," said 
he.. "Work and lots of it. You have no control, and you are 
too slow in your pitching motion. The base runners can start 
ten feet on you. Here you are. a left-hand pitcher, and yet you 
take long enough to throw to first base to be a right-hand 
pitcher. You are heavy on your feet. Learn to start quickly 
and to shift your position quickly. But get over that wildness, 
whatever you do. You can't get along against the great batters 
unless you have control of the ball. You must keep it on the 
plate all the time if you expect to make them bat at it. Men 
with batting averages of .280 and over are not going to make 
the slightest motion to strike at the curves which you pitch 
unless you can get them within at least two inches of the plate. 



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You can't fool them with curves which break long before they 
are up to the batter's box. Work all this out, and by the end 
of the season you may be good enough to get back to Phila- 
delphia and finish with us, after the summer has wound up for 
the Tri-State League.'' 

I thought it all over when I was going to Lancaster and I 
made up my mind that I would go in and pitch as often as I 
had a chance, and that when I was not pitching I would be out 
on the field, trying to overcome in practice the faults which had 
marked my advent in a major league. 

The first game in which I pitched in a minor league was not 
much better than the first in which I had taken part in a major 
league, but I had not settled to work. 

The first thing that I made up my mind to do was to try to 
get control of the ball. It didn't take me long to see that I 
would not be much of a success in professional Base Ball if I 
was going to send the batters in a procession to first base. 

I decided that one way to help me in obtaining control was, 
for a little while, to give up trying to throw a curve ball and 
confine my attention to putting straight balls over an imaginary 
plate at a height which would be called for by the catcher. It 
was a good method. Hour after hour I threw the ball at the 
plate without making much effort to use speed and making no 
effort to grip the ball for a curve. 

Patience and persistence won out for me. The first thing 
that I knew I could pitch the ball at almost any height and on 
either corner of the plate as the catcher would call for it. Then, 



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to my delight, I discovered that it was quite as easy for me to 
pitch a curve ball with good control as it was a straight ball. 
In other words, the practice which I had undergone made me 
perfect in the very thing that I wanted to do. My arm had 
become so accustomed to the correct swing for the plate, that 
I did not bother to change it to pitch a curve ball, merely shift- 
ing the position of my fingers to pitch whatever curve I desired 
to use. 

It is evident, therefore, that a great deal of the trouble which 
young pitchers haw is due to the fact that they have not tried 
to work enough before they make the effort to pitch in profes- 
sional ball games. It is folly for a young pitcher to believe that 
merely because he can' throw a curve ball, which breaks to one 
side or the other at a phenomenal distance, he is ready for a 
major league, or even for a strong minor league. The curve is 
good for nothing unless the pitcher knows about where it is 
likely to pass the plate or cross over it. 

Owing to the success of most of the pitchers who are strong 
enough to use speed, I made up my mind that I would culti- 
vate, so far as possible, the ability to pitch my fastest straight 
ball at shoulder height and close to the inside of the plate. 

While most of the best batters step into the ball to meet it, a 
pitcher who has a delivery of this kind is bound to be success- 
ful, because it is out of the question for a batter to push the 
ball far if he steps forward and hits a speedy inshoot, or even 
a speedy straight ball, on the handle of his bat. • 

I think that this is a good style of delivery to cultivate. If 



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you cannot fool the batter with it all the time you are likely 

to bother him when he has two strikes. He will almost always 

offer at the ball, if he has lost two strikes, when he sees one 

coming about which he is uncertain as to the exact height, and 

quite certain as to the probability that it will pass over the 

rubber. 

In the games against the New York players I used this a great 
deal. I found that it was difficult to fool the New Yorks with 
curves and that, as they were strong hitters, most of them, they 
would take chances whenever they saw approaching what ap- 
peared to be a straight ball at speed. 

I will admit that they batted hard in the last game in which 
I pitched against them, and but for the over-anxiety of the 
visitors, and the fact that I received great support in the de- 
cisive inning, that one game might have been against me. It 
was the over-anxiety on the part of the New Yorks that was 
their undoing. Frankly I was just as nervous as the batters, 
but the catcher continued to give me signals for the high fast 
ones and the New York players swung on them hard and for all 
they were worth, but if anything I was speeding the ball a little 
faster than I had been, so that the batters were not meeting it 
quite full. They had not actually gauged the speed at which 
the ball had traveled. 

All this was the result of the summer's work with the Lan- 
caster club. When I rejoined the Philadelphias it was with a 
record much better than the manager of the Philadelphia club 
had expected when I left him in the spring. 



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I worked out for him on the field at Philadelphia. "You will 
do to try against New York," said he. "We need a left-hander 
to fool those fellows after we give them a dose of our good 
right-handers. If you don't last we can at least start the game 
for them and make it as hard as possible." I have been told 
that the Philadelphias did not expect to win with me in the 
box, so much as they did with their star right-handers, which 
shows how difficult it i^ to forecast success on the ball field. I 
was never over-confident of beating the New York team, but 
1 knew after the first game that I pitched against them that the 
only way to deal with them was to make them bat at the ball, 
and trust to pitch it to some point where they could meet it 
with the least effectiveness. I had acquired my ability to do 
that by my hard work in the summer. It pays to work. 

I use no special motion for any curve that I pitch. I vary 
the curve by the manner in which I hold the ball in my hand 
and the force that I exercise in pitching it. I do most of my 
work with a free arm motion, which I believe to be the best 
for a left-hand pitcher. I would advise all young ball players 
not to cramp their arm under any condition, in order to pitch 
some kind of a curve with a side arm delivery, for in the long 
run it will twist the shoulde r muscles in knots and put an end 
to speed and endurance. 

No young pitcher should ever give up because he is unlucky 
enough not to make a hit the first time. Keep at it, and work. 
It's better than all the prescriptions which I have had given 
to me. 



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CARE OF THE ARM 
By 
Frank Dwyer 

Former Pitcher for the Cincinnati! 

Many a young pitcher of promise, destined, perhaps, to be a 
star, has had a career of long usefulness ruined by lack of proper 
care of his pitching arm. It is the most valuable asset which 
any pitcher possesses, and to be the least neglectful of it invites 
a quick termination to its usefulness. 

At the first indication of soreness of the muscles the arm 
should be given a rest. The mute warning, thus signaled, indi- 
cates at once a strain, and to augment the strain by continuing 
hard work is like laughing in the face of Providence. 

Some pitchers, especially those who are just beginning, are in- 
clined to treat a little throb of pain now and then as a trifling 
matter, which will speedily adjust itself, and there are some who 
are foolhardy enough to continue hard work on the theory that 
plenty of activity is a better remedy than a little idleness. In 
other words, they believe that it is possible to work the soreness 
out without ultimately affecting their usefulness in their new 
vocation. 

My experience has been that pitchers who are reckless enough 
to do anything of the kind pave the way for a breakdown which 
makes itself manifest long before the average period at which 
•II arms cease to become useful, for we know that there is a 
limit to human endurance, and that to every pitcher there must 



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vOme a day .vhen he is forced sadly to admit that he is no longer 
as formidable in the box as he was in the days of his prime. 

Therefore, when the first twinge comes, as a pitcher raise* 
his arm to its full height to deliver the ball, my advice is to 
begin treatment at once and to continue it until the soreness hat 
entirely abated. 

I believe fully in keeping the arm protected against cold winds 
and drafts, especially when it is being used. The pitcher who 
neglects to throw a sweater or a flannel jacket over his shoulder 
in the early days of spring, when the weather is inclined to be 
unsettled, or in the bleak autumn afternoons, when the wind is 
laden with rheumatism and other ailments that are signally dis- 
astrous to the muscles, omits a little care that might be worth 
many a dollar. Some, I know, think it babyish to affect anything 
of the kind, but how absurd a position to take when the fact of 
keeping the arm in proper condition is nothing less than taking 
good care of a bank account. 

Suppose a pitcher to be the owner of a healthy arm that should 
command an average salary for him of $3,000 a year for ten 
years. The total of $30,000 received for that period of active serv- 
ice in the box represents the interest on $100,000 at three per cent, 
per annum. Isn't a $100,000 arm worth looking out for? 

My advice to young players is not to use the many nostrums 
which are sold to take soreness out of an arm. Too often they 
are composed of harmful drugs which do more hurt than good. 
Tn my experience there have been at least three or four capital 



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players ruined for life as pitchers because they fairly bathed 
their pitching arms with liniment that would have taken the hair 
off a horse's hide. Human flesh never was intended to be burned 
with that sort of stuff. 

Those who used it braced up temporarily and related with en- 
thusiasm how much better they felt because their "arm was warm- 
ing up." It might stay "warmed up" for a little time, and during 
that period the pitcher might be able to use it with some of his 
old effectiveness, but when the effects of the powerful lotions 
began to wear off the arm gradually grew weaker than ever, and 
when the player was again forced to resort to his "warming up" 
liniment he found that it was no longer strong enough to help 
him and that he must seek something stronger or give up the 
pitching end of the sport. 

Warm water and witch hazel, as mild as they may seem to 
some, are really two excellent things for a sore arm. Witch 
hazel or hammamelis, which is much the same thing, are in- 
valuable to take soreness out of the muscles, and while doing 
so impart a freshness and a suppleness to strained tendons which 
is particularly gratifying. Warm water is weakening, but only 
temporarily so. If a pitcher will lie in a bath tub keeping his 
strained arm in the water, which must not be heated too much, 
he will find himself greatly refreshed after the experiment, al- 
though he must not think of using the arm under any considera- 
tion for at least three or four days, and then should begin to 
.resume work very gradually. 



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Massage, of course, is one of the grandest things in the world 
lor any pitching arm. It is a benefit even when there is no 
indication of strain. It tones up the muscles, causes the blood 
to circulate freely in the parts which meet the brunt of the 
hard work, and, more than anything else, prevents stiffening of 
ihe shoulder and arm muscles. 

Some of our most successful professional pitchers depend regu- 
larly upon the club trainer to take their arm in charge after they 
have gone through a hard game, and it receives a thorough knead- 
ing until all indication of weariness has gone. 

I have often noticed young pitchers in amateur and semi- 
professional games, who, after delivering the ball, permitted their 
pitching arm to drop and hang languidly at their side. I always 
feel like walking on the field and telling that pitcher to stop 
where he is and not throw another ball until he has given his 
arm a complete rest. The mere fact that the arm shows limpness 
tells plainly that it has had enough and that it wants a little 
chance to recuperate. 

Young pitchers who are trying to use curves or who are mak- 
ing an effort to throw a drop ball should be careful not to jerk 
the arm from the shoulder. Get the ball away with the help of 
the body and not solely by the force of the arm. That jerking 
motion may sometimes result in a wider curve, or a quicker and 
more deceiving drop, but it is tearing away at the ligaments 
in the shoulder, and when they have lost their usefulness there 
is no reu:edy on earth which ever will put that arm in pitching 
condition again. 



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It is well to wear flannel over the shoulder of the pitching 
arm in summer as well as in winter. That member of the body 
becomes /ery sensitive to changes of temperature after it has 
been used a while and a little draught, scarcely noticeable at the 
time, may chill the muscles so thoroughly, if there is no pro- 
tection for them, that the arm will be ruined for a season. I can 
recall a case of a pitcher on the Cincinnati team who practically 
went out of business for a year because he happened to sit one 
evening on one of the hilltop resorts in that city while a moder- 
ately cool wind was blowing from the north. It had been very 
hot all the day, and he threw his coat back to get full enjoyment 
of the breeze. The next morning at practice he began to feel 
a little soreness in his arm and by night it had stiffened so much 
that he was compelled to go to a physician, and before he got 
through the club had been without his services for many weeks. 
It was only a little thing. He simply didn't think, but see how 
costly it was. 

On the other hand do not go to an extreme and baby the 
pitching arm by wrapping around it many thicknesses of flannel 
when it is not being used. I have seen pitchers do that. Only 
one thing could be expected to happen and it did. The bandages 
weakened the muscles instead of doing them good, and the pitchers 
passed out of professional life before they should had they exer- 
cised better judgment in taking care of what nature had origin- 
ally bestowed upon them. 



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THE PITCHER AS A FIELDER 
By 

George Wiltse 

Professional base ball and amateur base ball have changed 
greatly within the last three or four years in regard to the rela- 
tion which the pitcher bears to the other infielders. 

Once there was what might be called an implied theory that all 
the pitcher had to do was to deliver the ball. Of course if a 
batted ball came his way where he could easily handle it he 
was expected to take care of it, but in the main there was less 
activity on his part than there is now where the pitcher has come 
to be one of the mainstays of the infield. 

This is due, of course, to the changed system of ball playing, 
brought about by the batters who are up to all sorts of tricks 
and who do not confine their intention solely to efforts to knock 
the ball out of the lot. 

Every battti of pretension at the present time knows how to 
bunt. There is only one man on the field, outside of the catcher, 
who is always in a position to handle bunts properly. That man is 
the pitcher. He must be quick, alert, an accurate thrower, and 
able to deliver the ball so that he will not be anchored in the 
box after he is through with the act of pitching. 

But my purpose is not so much to define what a pitcher should 
do to take care of bunts properly, as to show how important he 
becomes in other plays of the present base ball era. 

Where base stealing has grown to its presen f importance ifl 




GEORGE WILTSE OF THE NEW YORK NATIONALS, WHO 
PITCHED A 10-INNING NO-HIT GAME AGAINST PHILA- 
DELPHIA. JULY 4. 1908. 



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ball playing, the pitcher has become the factor in a play which 
is often very successful in preventing an attempt to score from 
third when a man on first essays to steal second. 

Catchers, with a deceptive motion, which makes it appear that 
they are about to throw the ball to second base now throw directly 
*to the pitcher, deceiving the runner on third so that he starts 
for home, which is the intent of the catcher. 

The pitcher must so conduct himself in the box that he does 
not give the man on third any warning of the play. At the same 
time he must be in position to catch the ball when it is thrown 
to him by the catcher— and often it comes very fast— and be ready 
to throw home or to third immediately. The play can only suc- 
ceed by speed on the part of all who handle the ball. Fre- 
quently I have seen it utterly spoiled because the pitcher was off 
his balance or had forgotten the part he was expected to take. 
I would advise all young pitchers to experiment with the 
catcher until they are certain that they can handle the ball prop- 
erly. The moment that they receive it they have the key to the 
whole situation. If the man on third is afraid to venture home, 
it is often possible by a quick throw to get the player trying for 
second, and twice within my observation, as I recall some games 
of the past, I have seen the second baseman not only touch the 
man out who was trying for second, but throw with such ac- 
curacy to the plate that he caught the runner from third, who 
had made an effort to score after he saw the ball going to second 
The pitcher of the present day has also to learn in a measure 



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to be a first baseman. There are some bunt hits which are better 
handled by the first baseman than by the pitcher, but it is the 
duty of the pitcher to get over to first and cover the base. The 
ball may come to him decidedly awkward, so he should learn 
to adapt himself to the possibility of catching it in all kinds cf 
positions. 

Frequently hits are made to short right field which ate handled 
by the first baseman, and the pitcher having no time to stop at 
first as he comes from his position on the run, must catch the 
ball on the fly as he crosses the base. This play, when properly 
executed, is one of the prettiest on the diamond, yet there are 
professional pitchers who spoil it time and again, simply because 
they make no attempt to practice the catch. Some pitchers, too,, 
are heedless about touching the base and run over it or to one 
side of it and lose an opportunity to retire the batter. 

Another point is essential now to good work on the part of the 
pitcher. That is backing up first base on throws by the infielders e 
It is one of the most exasperating faults in a game to see a 
pitcher stand in the center of the diamond, when the shortstop, 
for instance, makes a wild throw, and watch the ball roll to the 
bleachers, permitting the batter to get to third, when by properly 
playing his position he would have been behind first base, and at 
least might have kept the runner on second if he did not prevent 
him from traveling further than first. 

The pitcher is also a direct aid to the third baseman. There 
are batters who will try to chop down short hits toward third 



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.when a man is on second. They ctesire to draw the third baseman 
to the centre of the field so as to leave the base unprotected and 
assist the runner to reach it in safety. If a pitcher has thoroughly 
studied the fine points of the game he will know that it is his 
business to look out for hits of that kind and by being on the 
jump he may be able to reach the ball with one hand, permitting 
the third baseman to hurry back to the bag, and possibly be 
able to catch the runner if he makes the attempt to leave 
second. 

When more than one man is on the bases and an outfielder 
catches a fly ball it is often advisable to return it to the pitcher 
at the centre of the diamond instead of throwing home to prevent 
a run being made. The pitcher should place himself advan- 
tageously so that he can get a runner trying for third or second. 
That play has been used to great advantage both in the National 
and American leagues and should prove very efficacious in ama- 
teur games where the fly hits seldom travel the distance that they 
do in professional base ball. 

Summarized from what I have said above it must be evident 
to every young player that the pitcher is no longer a pitching 
cipher only. He is as much a fielding part of the game as some 
of the men who are doing their best to support him and help him to 
win his game. 



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ORK WITH THE CATCHER 

By 
Frank Bowerman 



After a young pitcher has succeeded in mastering his curves 
well so that he has obtained good control of the ball he finds him- 
self ready for active work on the diamond, He is confronting a 
new proposition and to succeed as he desires he should learn to 
co-operate readily with his catcher. 

Between them they have much of the game in hand, and if 
complete harmony does not exist many misplays occur, any one 
of which is likely to cost a victory, since the slightest mistake in 
base ball often changes the outcome of a contest. 

My experience has taught me that the catcher in a measure 
should be allowed to handle the game. True, the pitcher may 
have good knowledge of the weaknesses of the batters, and in 
some respects it may surpass that of the catcher, but he is not 
always in as good a position to see what is going on as the 
catcher. 

The man behind the bat has his eyes on the whole field, He 
knows exactly where the infielders are stationed and the out- 
fielders. For a particular reason they may be playing a little out 
of their positions. The pitcher cannot alwaye see that. Further- 
more, if there are runners on the bases the catcher knows how 
far they are leading off for a possible steal, and may be aware 
of some trick play that they are likely to attempt, This ss out 
of the vision of the pitcher, who can see little but the batter and 
catcher who confront him, 



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There should be a perfect system of signals which the pitcher 
can understand immediately without asking for a repetition. A 
little hesitancy may give the batter an inkling of what is coming 
and he will be ready for it. It is unnecessary to outline any 
particular code of signs here, for there are a thousand and one 
variations of the position behind the bat, or of the position of the 
fingers of the ungloved hand, or in a certain way of returning 
the ball to the pitcher, any of which can be read as easily as the 
alphabet if pitcher and catcher have perfected themselves in 
their code. 

Occasions may happen when the pitcher will disagree with the 
catcher as to the kind of ball to be thrown. I am not in favor 
of the pitcher shaking his head negatively to show that he will 
use something else. It gives too much information to the batter 
and in addition to that it imparts knowledge to the coachers. 
They will not be slow to take advantage of it and will renew 
their efforts to make life as unpleasant as possible for the bat- 
tery which is at work. If the pitcher prefers to use a drop, 
when he has been signaled to pitch an outcurve, he should be in 
possession of a sign of some kind which will show the catcher at 
once what he intends to do, without presenting the side at bat 
with that much valuable knowledge. 

A pitcher who is inclined to be headstrong and use his own 
judgment constantly against that of the man who is behind the 
bat, will soon have the catcher completely upset and the result of 
a crossed sign may be a wild pitch which scores the deciding run 
of a game. 



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The pitcher should also be on the qui vivc to throw the ball 
to the bases to catch runners napping. The matter of when to 
throw he should leave solely to the catcher. If he bothers too 
much with the base runners himself he is likely to lose control 
of the ball, and present the batter with a base on balls, which is 
almost the equivalent of a base hit at times. A good pitcher, a 
right hand pitcher, of course, may stand with his back to first 
base, and by studying the information given to him by the 
catcher, may be able to wheel suddenly and throw accurately 
enough to find the unwary runner so far away from the bag 
that it is the simplest thing in the world to touch him out. Once 
let a pitcher have that reputation well established and runners will 
quickly learn not to take hazardous risks. 

The expression is often heard that Smith and Jones, as pitcher 
and catcher, work like a clock. Jt is due absolutely to the fact 
that a thorough understanding exists between both men as to 
every detail of the game in which they are participants. Instead 
of playing their parts individually, and at cross purposes, they 
are one, and batters soon appreciate that they are meeting a com- 
bination which will require all their best efforts to circumvent. 

It seems to me, in my observation of the games 'between young 
players, that a great deal is often lost by the unwillingness of 
the pitcher to subordinate himself to the catcher, especially if it 
happens to be a pitcher who is one of the strike-out kind. 



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CHANGE OF PACE 
By 
Frank Sparks 

I should advise every young pitcher to know how to put a slow 
ball over the plate as well as how to pitch speed. Most pitchers 
are accurate when they use speed. They accustom themselves to 
it. If they cannot alternate speed with a slow delivery once in a 
while, they become easy for the batters, who are better able to 
reckon the velocity of the ball every time that it comes toward 
them. 

It is not essential that the slow ball should be a curve. Some 
seem to cling to .hat opinion, but I have frequently demonstrated 
to my own satisfaction that as much is to be gained by pitching 
a straight slow ball as one with a curve. The main thing is to 
catch the batter napping. Be sure that the same motion is used 
in pitching a slow ball as a fast one, and the batter is quite certain 
to be fooled when they are judiciously alternated. 

Every batter cannot help but take partially into account the 
swing of the pitcher when he begins to estimate the direction and 
the impetus of the ball as it approaches him. If the pitcher em- 
ploys the same motion for both speed and slow ones, the batter 
has begun to figure on the swing almost before the ball has left 
the pitcher's hand. If he sees the ball coming toward him at an 
angle where he thinks he can hit, he will have started to make 
his swing in time with that of the pitcher, and if it be a slow ball 
the chances are that he will miss it altogether 



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O THE LEFT-HANDERS 



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By 

Frank Hahn 



All left-hand pitchers, of which I am one, have the reputation 
of being erratic and unreliable. As one manager said to me once: 
"Most of you fellows either make us feel that we have the com- 
ing champions or cause us to believe you are worth not more than 
thirty cents of counterfeit money." 

I suppose that left-handers will have to plead guilty, in a 
measure, since it is the history of base ball that they are less re- 
liable as a rule than the right-handers. When a left-hand pitcher 
is good, however, he more than makes up for two or three 
mediocre right-handers, so there is a little something coming to 
those who pitch with what some one jokingly termed the 
" southpaw." 

One reason why left-hand pitchers are more unreliable than 
right-handers is that they throw with a natural curve which is 
not easy to control. Watch an outfielder or an infielder, who is 
left-handed, and it will be observed that it is very seldom he 
throws the ball without a pronounced curve. Some are so bad 
that they have to make allowance for their tendency to eurve the 
ball when they throw to bases. Otherwise they would never get 
a player out. 

When a left-hander tries to pitch he endeavors to increase his 
natural ability to curve, and the result is that he loses control of 
the ball. Furthermore, when a left-hand thrower, who becomes 



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a pitcher, essays to put speed into a ball for a short distance, he 
is often astonished by an ability to curve which he did not know 
he possessed. I have thrown curves to a batter which surprised 
me, just as much as the catcher, by their width. 

The natural outcurve for the left-hand pitcher is the acquired 
inshoot of the right-hander. I have never been able to ascertain 
why this curve should come to a left-hand thrower almost with- 
out practice, when perhaps ninety per cent, of right hand throwers 
are scarcely able to curve the ball an inch. 

It is a fact, however, that is indisputable, and would lead one to 
believe that all left-hand throwers, as a rule, should make good 
pitchers. Still with this natural qualification, with which to 
begin, the left-handers seem to lack stability when they get the 
ball in their hands as pitchers. 

It is my experience that nothing will help a left-hand pitcher 
so much as practice, and plenty of it. In view of the fact that it 
is so natural for a left-hand pitcher to curve the ball, my judgment 
is that left-hand throwers should practice controlling the curve 
and not worry so much about the straight ball. If they do not 
follow this theory when they are in a game, they will find that 
the ball is getting away from them as I have cited above. 

A left-hand pitcher has an advantage in throwing a drop ball 
by reason of the fact that it is more natural for him to pitch over 
his shoulder than it is for a right-hander to do so. Physicians 
tell me that the arrangement of the body muscles has something 
to do with it. 



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HE "SPIT BALL" By 

John Chesbro 



The "spit ball" simply consists in moistening one side of 
the ball with saliva and throwing it so that it leaves the ends 
of the fingers with much the same arm motions as are em- 
ployed for the different curves. That it will break contrary to 
the curve intended, I do not believe. Sometimes it leaves the 
hand with such speed that it curves little, or not at all, and fools 
both batter and catcher, because it continues straight after a 
curve delivery, and thereby creates the impression that it is 
liable to take any course. 

If the ball is moistened for a drop, the chances are the drop will 
be greater than with a dry ball; if for an outcurve, a wider out- 
curve may be the result, and if for an inshoot, a greater jump, and 
with all three more speed because the cover is what might be 
called greased as the ball leaves the hand. 

The one important feature to be observed is to keep the 
moistened side of the ball out. It has been told me that the air 
piles up denser against a moistened surface than against a dry 
surface, and that the "spit ball" gains its effectiveness for that 
reason. That may be the solution of the phenomenon, if the*-e is 
any phenomenon to it. 



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THE PITCHER MUST BE A GOOD 
4 FIELDER ft y • 

John McGraw 

When I started to play professional base ball I was a pitcher, 
so that I feel that I am not out of place offering a little advice to 
the pitchers of the future. 

Bear in mind that the conditions have all changed from what 
they once were. There was a time when to be a pitcher simply 
meant to throw the ball to the oatter and let the other players do 
the hard work. 

A new theory in batting has changed all that. The hit and 
run, and the sacrifice game, have made the pitcher one of the 
most prominent personages on the infield. He is as likely to 
have as many fielding chances in the game as the shortstop, and 
if he misses one of them the game may be lost with it. 

While practising the necessary essentials to success in the box, 
do not forget to have your friends bat a few sharp hits and an 
occasional bunt or two toward you if you have that opportunity. 
Learn to deliver the ball, and at the same time be in motion 
toward the plate to pick up a bunt, if the opposing players make 
an effort to sacrifice. 

Try diving forward for the ball, picking it up with one hand, 
and throwing it — all in as much the same motion as it is possible 
for you to employ. A pitcher, who can field bunts with one hand, 
and that his throwing hand, is worth everything to a club, even 
if his curves are not as wide as those of some others. Many a 



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game is lost by so called star pitchers because they are absolutely 
useless as fielders. There is not a club in the National League 
that did not have to let some pitchers go last spring because they 
ascertained on trial that they could not field bunts properly. 

Practice throwing to first base quickly, so that you will accus- 
tom your eye to taking a line on the night of the ball to the base 
without giving the matter a second thought. You will be sur- 
prised to see how you can learn to shoot the ball across the dia- 
mond almost by intuition. 

No one likes to see young players succeed more than I do, and 
to young pitchers I want to say that there is always a chance and 
a future of great base ball fame, if they will only try from the be- 
ginning to perfect themselves in the details that go to make a 
successful member of a base ball team. For that reason I desire 
to impress upon them the fact that they must be good fielders, as 
well as good pitchers, if they expect to be with those in the first 
rank. 



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EN RUNNERS ARE ON BASES 

By 

John Powell 



The pitcher to whom a long arm swing is natural, must learn 
another motion to be employed when there are runners on the 
bases. Otherwise he will give them such a lead that a tremendous 
record for base stealing will be run up against him. 

At first thought it may seem to the young pitcher that he will 
have to begin all over again if his style has to be changed as the 
game changes. This is not true. It is not so difficult to shorten 
up the delivery as may be imagined. 

First of all, be in perfect touch with the catcher concerning sig- 
nals regarding the base runners. Let him do most of the watch- 
ing when there is a runner on first, but be prepared to act imme- 
diately if his signal is to throw, to catch the runner napping. 

When the arm is brought back to pitch, eliminate all twists and 
swings. It can be done effectively and with little effort. Perhaps 
the arm will hav^ to be used more than the body, but bear in mind 
that it may not be necessary to do this very often if the batter is 
compelled to hit the ball. 

So adapt your style to the changed conditions that you can snap 
the ball to the plate before the runner is aware of what you intend 
■doing. That will prevent him from leading very far away from 
■first, and when he finds that you are able to pitch without a full 
preliminary swing, he will be very careful how he takes chances. 

Remember that shortening your swing does not necessarily iro- 



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ply that you cannot use your body to get speed. You will find 
that you can obtain a great deal of power from the shoulder mus- 
cles and from swaying the body from the hips, and this will not 
embarras you in the least trying to get the ball to the plate too 
quickly to prevent the runner from getting much of a start. 

When the runner is on third, it is not necessary to follow these 
instructions so closely. It is only once in a lifetime that any 
player successfully steals home, and no matter how much players 
may run up and down the base line, do not permit yourself to be 
worried, but continue to pitch just as you did at the beginning of 
the game. 

When throwing to first to catch runners who are leading out 
too far, be sure that you throw the ball low, but accurately, and to 
the right of the first baseman. That gives him an opportunity to 
catch the ball and touch the runner with one motion. 



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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 
(From The New York Times. Sunday, November 13, 1910.) 

Psychology of Base Ball Discussed 
by A. G. Spalding 

By Edward Marshall. 
"His Mce is that of a Greek hero, his manner that of a Ch«rch 

Sft£»£tSS sport *• worw ta. ct« taow». 

£& Ttom'ol pt,ysto.lM«cl 8 e wmS 'is toterestlng t. watch 
Blmpl3 B iorm o i i m. >-; >> nlaved the game know well 

&Vl° ^mo^m^mo^^e^ "Soffit it if Quite as much 
' K"?CL Mtte^Mp^iicrittamuch more a mental exercise 

sals Sis, r^rsrtS 

no cruel coward like the buiingmer. i!L„Yv .skillful outdoor 

ment of the American boy's inborn lovt oi man ly, skilK tu • ou ™ °^ 

b ™ t?1 \nd he revels in Base Ball, does this American boy—good 
luck to him! No one evei has to urge the normal lankee lad to 



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participate in this clean game. He takes to it as a duck to 
water. He knows its rudiments before he learns to read and 
write. His father played Base Ball before him, and, of this 
generation, most of his forefathers. And it is a sport which 
parents may encourage, for it is neither dangerous nor demor- 
alizing. 

" 'The professional Base Ball player is doing more for his 
native country than anyone engaged in any form of sport has 
ever done for any country in the past. They say horse racing has 
resulted in improvement in horse breeding ; well, Base Ball has 
done something better, it has resulted in improvement in man 
breeding. Aside from giving outdor recreation to the public, the 
professional Base Ball player is, by his example, encouraging the 
boy to healthy sport with which not one unpleasant feature is 
connected. Little gambling is associated with Base Bali. When 
the game first started as a professional sport there was an effort 
made to saddle it with all the gambling features which beset the 
race tracks — pool selling and all — and from 1870 to, say, 1875, 
the gamblers practically had control of our professional Base Ball. 
Every Base Ball park had its betting ring. This made decent 
people stay away, and Interest in the game fell to a low ebb. 
Every error made was charged to crookedness upon the player's 
part, and not always, probably, unjustly. William Hulbert of 
Chicago had become interested in the game, and I explained this 
all to him. I was actually afraid the game would have to go. 
He wanted me to take my winning club on from Boston to 
Chicago, and I told him that I would if he'd clean out the 
gamblers, and not otherwise. He said he'd try, and he did try, 
to mighty good effect. That saved the game, undoubtedly, and in 
the winter of the following year the National League was organ- 
ized, and has been getting more and more important to the life 
of all America with the passage of each day since then. 

" 'The elimination of the betting evil was the cornerstone of the 
success of Base Ball as an exhibition game. The fight against it 
was a fierce one, lasting four or five years. Then we triumphed, 
and the cleanest game on earth had been established. No betting, 
no Sunday playing, no liquor sold upon the grounds ! It was a 
revolution in the world of professional sport. Base Ball is the 
only game which suits the mighty populace and yet is wholly 
free from ties to bind it to the gambling and the liquor selling 
element, whose aim it is to victimize that populace. 

" 'That's part of its psychology — it is clean-souled. Another 
and important part of it is that it is a leveler. That makes it, 
in the truest sense, American. It is almost, if not exactly, the 
Bame game in all parts of the United States, and nowhere is it 
cursed by caste. Caste may not wreck a sport in countries where 
caste dominates the social life, but it would surely wreck Base 
Ball in this country. That's the finest thing about Base Ball. 
Its spectators, once they settle in their seats and glue their eyes 
upon the diamond, are absolutely equalized by their delight in 
what they see. The laborer, if his seat so placed him as to make 
it possible, would be pretty apt, in case of a good play, to beat 
the President upon the back, in his enthusiasm, with a cushion 
or his hat, and the President would almost surely turn and grin 
at him. I don't know that that has ever actually happened, but 
I have known a workingman in jumpers to so lose his memory of 
social and financial and political rank as to biff thus a grave 
Senator. It was a fine and significant spectacle, because — note 
this — the Senator was not offended. He couldn't clear his mind 
of frantic joy in time to be offended, and, better yet, he would 
not have been offended if he could have cleared it. ' 

"Right here I ought to explain something. This interview was 
quite a family affair. Across the room from me sat Mr. Spalding's 



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nephew-a young scientist—and at my right, upon a couch, was 
Mrs. Spalding. She is a fit mate for her classically featured 
husband. She is really very handsome, has a notably delightful 

voice soft cultured, vibrant — and she does what the advice to 

wives' department in the women's magazines always urge young 
wives to do ; she takes an interest in her husband's soul-enthusi- 
asms. Interest? Well, some. 

" 'Men at Base Ball games, all men at Base Ball games, are 
brethren, equal sharers in whatever joy or woe or protest the 
great game mav bring,' said she. 'And utterly irreverent Ban 
Johnson, the president of the league, was sitting near us in the 
stand, and a man wanted to make a photograph of him. Did the 
crowd sit awed and reverent? Not noticeably. That crowd 
admired Ban Johnson and, in a way, revered him, but the camera 
man was an obstruction. What a cry went up ! "Too much 
Johnson ! Too much Johnson !" roared instantly unto the vaulted 
heavens.' 

"Mr. Spalding smiled at her. 'Two cranks in a family means 
domestic bliss, if they air both Base Ball cranks,' he comment" J, 
thereby adding to his exposition of the game's psychology. 

" 'Any one who blocked a crank's view of the game would meet 
with instant criticism. ' lie s;ii<l proudly. 'And if Teddy himself 
were playing and made an error he'd be roasted by the best friends 
he possessed upon the bleachers. 

'"But in spite of this, Base Ball is the most good-nr+ured 
pastime 'in the world. Partisans will rave and tear their bh*r, 
but how often do you hear that one of them has torn anothers 
hair on Base Ball grounds? In the history of the world no such 
treat crowds have gathered t<» watch anything the world has ever 
known— sport or anything else with bo few fights. Base Ball, 
you see, arouses no brutal instincts. It is a turmoil rather than 
a battle. It is more a war of skill than a war of strength. 

" 'The game is in the open, too. Twenty thousand people can 
cluster round a diamond and see every move the Base Ball players 
on it make. There is no chance for secret cheating, therefore 
there is no tendency in that direction. It is not alone the umpire 
who can see what happens on the field, but every newsboy, every 
millionaire, among the spectators. „„,,.. , 

" 'Professionalism has not wrecked Base Ball— it has merely 
brought about a higher degree of skill in players by offering them 
an income which permits them to keep up, after they have become 
men, the sport in which they have excelled as boys. The pro- 
fessional is merelv a grown boy, and, in the minds of a large 
number of his fellows, a very lucky boy at that. His profession 
is his sport a little glorified. He is the natural outcome of the 
boy's love for the game — ah, how that same boy loves 1 1 ! 

" 'And it is the only professional sport I know of which It 
does not hurt a bov to revel in. He worships the professional 
who wins, and, doing this, he never worships a plug-ugly or a 
thug. Drunkards and all other moral undesirables are barred 
from real success upon the Base Ball field by the very nature of 
the sport. The men whom the boy "roots" for are a very decent 
lot of fellows— such a decent lot of fellows as no other profes- 
sional sport the world has ever known could show. lne pro- 
fessional Base Ball player, by his example, does not encourage his 
young devotees to anything unworthy. That's a fine detail of 
our National sport. Parents need not be alarmed if their young 
sons announce at breakfast some fine morning that they plan to De 
professional ball players when they reach maturity. In the first 
place, out of five hundred boys who may express that firm deter- 
mination, only one, upon an average, will ever make good in a 
major league, or minor league for that matter, and, in the second 



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place, that one of the five hundred will not, by making good, prove 
himself to be anything at all unworthy. Success as a Base Ball 
player does not plunge a youth into a vicious or a dissipated life, 
but, on the other hand, insures him from that sort of a career. 

" 'Indeed, lucky is the boy who can develop sufficient skill to get 
a place on a league team. That means a mighty good salary and 
a pleasant, clean and healthful life. The professional Base 
Ball player is no mollycoddle — there are no mollycoddles in 
the game ; but neither is there any room for thugs in 
it. No training could be more severe than that of the 
league player. Under the present system of organized Base 
Ball he must conform to the strictest mental, moral, and phys- 
ical discipline, and must develop wonderfully in patience, self- 
reliance, and fair-mindedness. He must keep at the top notch in 
all these details of fine character if he would keep his position in 
the game. Ability to take criticism cheerfully is one of the great 
requisites of real success in any line. I know of no profession 
which requires of those who win in it the disposition and ability 
to do this which Base Ball requires. 

" 'Now as to the effect of Base Ball on the mind of the boy 
player. If a boy is naturally selfish, peevish, or crab-minded the 
members of the team he plays with will soon knock that out of 
him or drive him from the team. He won't want to leave the 
team, for Base Ball, you must remember, is ingrained in his blood. 
If he is inclined to be hot-tempered, the loss of a few games and 
tb" respect of his associates as the result will help mightily 
toward correcting it. If he is prone to be a cad, to put on airs, 
to assume a superiority over his fellow-players as a result of the 
social or financial standing of his family, a little joshing from 
his fellows on the errors he made upon the field will soon bring 
him down to earth again. If he is unduly timid and shows cow- 
ardice in a pinch, his mates will quickly cure him or eject him. 
If he is apprehensive, pessimistic — and no trait is more entirely 
un-American — he will soon lose his place upon the team. The 
lad who is continually predicting a defeat will not last long in 
Base Ball. And the beauty of the things is that rarely will he let 
his faults go far enough to bar him from the game — his love of it 
is too instinctive and too real. Rather will ho let the game correct 
the faults. And there you are. It's a man as well as a soul 
builder. 

" The psychology of Base Ball? It is the psychology of 
success. 

" 'I know of nothing which more fitly trains the body, mind, and 
soul. The game plays havoc with a boy's or man's emotions. In 
a day the player may well rise to the fine heights of victory and 
sink to the dark depths of black despair in a defeat. And it 
must be the one or the other. There is no midway station. The 
score is 5 to 3. You win or lose, and quickly learn that nothing 
is accomplished by trying to lay the blame, if defeat comes, 
upon the umpire or upon your fellow-players. Pleading a sore 
finger or strained muscle or tendon wins nothing for the van- 
quished player in his own mind or the minds of his associates. 
That is a good thing. After many victories, and the defeats 
which are quite certain to go with them, a player must, of sheer 
necessity, achieve self-poise, learn to take winning calmly, and lose 
philosophically. He may well reach that super-point where he 
looks grave in victory and smiles with hope when he is van- 
quished. 

" 'Base Ball has for a long time been important in the educa- 
tion of our youth — far more important than most people think — 
and it is destined to become still more important. The day will 
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the necessary grounds to play the game on as an essential adjunct 
to everv public school. The game means countless benefits, and 
not a single danger to the boy who plays it. You may have 
gathered from what I have already said that I consider it the 
Ireatest game on earth. I do. and doing so am proud of my 
good judgment. There should be Base Ball grounds adjacent to or 
verv near each public school building in the United States. 

" 'Base Ball is the only sport which is severe enough to benefit 
and not severe enough to overstrain. Base Ball players live to 
good old ages, almost always. I wish I had the list at hand. 
The longevity of ex-professionals would surprise you. I myself 
began to play on the advice of my physician, and I made a busi- 
ness of it in the end.' ,_-,... 

"I had not asked so very many questions. They had not been 
needed. Mr. Spalding puts his words across the plate as accur- 
ately and as logically as, in the old days, he pitched his balls. 
But' now I asked one. 

"'Ev<n if the game had not resulted in great wealth and fame 
for vou. would you still bo glad you took it up?* 

"He laughed The Greek countenance, framed with white hair, 
broke into a particularly winning set of wrinkles; the Bishop's 
face became thai of the folly monk In the world famous picture. 

"'I'm a candidate for Senator,' he said, 'and ought not to use 
slang but — I— sun — would. Glad? Why. I tell you it meant 
health r<> me -the biggest thing of all. It has taken me around 
the world again, and yet again ; it has thrown me into contact with 
the finest se1 of men this country ever has produced. It has 
taught me thai humanity is. at the bottom, clean of mind and 
bouL It has made me a rank optimist— and it has kept me one. 
It is the only spurt on earth. 

•' 'I could name a hundred Base Ball players— yes, two hundred 
and then more — who have become Important, worthy, and respected 
men in later years. There's John M. Ward, for instance. Senator 
Gorman was 'a Base Ball player once. John K. Tener, the next 
Governor of Pennsylvania, was a professional and went arotfnd 
the world with us in 1888. Senator Bulkeley of Connecticul was 
a plaver first and then first President of the National League. 
Base Ball for a few years is one of the best character builders 
I can think of. An able boy's blood always runs high and the 
first thing he must learn, if he is to win success, is to control it. 
Base Ball teaches that, first, last and all the time. 

" 'The game was fortunate from the beginning. It was spread 
throughout th - country by the soldiers returning to their homes 
after the Civil War. Now it is in its third generation. I hesitate 
to guess what it will be when it has reached its fourth. The 
crowds to-day are big: the crowds of future days will be much 
bigger. Every boy. tou see, plays Base Ball, and the players of 
to-day are the spectators of to-morrow. The human being who 
has ever got the germ of Base Ball in his blood, whether the 
infection comes when he is young or after he has reached maturity, 
never sets it out.' ' . 

" 'What effect has vour Base Ball record and entuhsiasm had 
upon your candidacy for the United States Senate?' I inquired, 
reallv wondering. 

"'How do I know, vet?' he asked. But then he added: Give 
me the Base Ball votes of California and my opponents may have 
the rest.' 

"Across the room from me sat Homer Davenport, most famous 
of the world's cartoonists and himself a Base Ball crank of 
advanced mania. . 

" 'Anv man.' said Davenport, not looking up from his sketch 
pad (which Mrs. Spalding, also, was intent upon), 'who can 



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pitch every game, every season, for the Boston team, for five 
long years, and win the pennant every time, and then go to 
Chicago and take the pennant with him in his trunk, as Mr. 
Spalding did, can capture a seat in the United States Senate on 
wet grounds, with a glass arm in the box and the rooters all 
against him. The political game is easy when you stack it up 
against Base Ball. You're talking to a Senator to be. all right.' 

"He went back to absorption in his work and Mrs. Spalding 
flushed with pleasure. 

" 'Has your Base Ball training helped you in your business?' I 
inquired. 

" 'I never struck anything in business that did not seem a 
simple matter when compaied to complications I have faced on the 
Base Ball field,' said Mr. Spalding. 'A young man playing Base 
Ball gets into the habit of quick thinking in most adverse circum- 
stances and under the most merciless criticism in the world — the 
criticism from the bleachers. If that doesn't train him, nothing 
can. Base Ball in youth has the effect, in later years, of mak- 
ing him think and act a little quicker than the other fellow. 

" 'They have now. in colleges, a course in which they call 
experimental psychology. The relation between thought and action 
is recorded by delicate instruments. These instruments, in the 
psychological laboratories of the colleges, show that the mental 
reactions of the athletes are quicker than those of any other 
students. And that of the Base Ball player is quicker than that 
of any other of the athletes. The sprinter, don't you see. has but 
to go from place to place. His thought is intent on the one thiny 
— on getting there. The thought of the Base Ball player must 
take many other things — a thousand things — into consideration. 
Bte must think while he is going. 

" 'Folks marvel at the great throngs which attend important 
Base Ball matches. They really need not be wondered at. The 
public likes the game, and, more than that, it knows that this 
one game, of all sports, is certain to be absolutely on the square. 
The spectators have been players, most of them, and understand 
not only the first principles but the fine points of the sport. 

" 'Here, again, is the effect of the evolution of the game up 
through the boy into the man. The boys of the past generation 
are the spectators of this ; the boys of this one will be the spec- 
tators of the next. So, like an endless chain. Base Ball will last 
and grow as long as these United States shall last and grow. 
Each generation will produce a little higher type of citizenship 
than that which went before it. and Base Ball and the principles 
which underlie it will help to bring this about.' 

"The old Base Ball player — the successful business man — 
the candidate for Senator — stopped talking. I looked at him 
inquiringly. 

" 'Play ball I' said he.'' 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

SPALDING'S 
SIMPLIFIED BASE BALL RULES 

Simplified Base Ball rules have been prepared by Mr. A. G. 
Spalding of New York and Chicago, who is the recognized 
authority on the National Game. They are of great assistance 
to beginners as well as to veterans. Based on the Official 
Playing Rules, as published in Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide, they state in condensed form all the technicalities that 
must be observed in the sport without the somewhat dry and 
formal wording which is necessarily employed by the rule 
makers to state each fact with great explicitness. 

The Ball Ground 

Base Ball is played upon a level field, upon which is out- 
lined a square, which is known as the infield or "diamond." 
The term "diamond," in a broader sense, is also frequently 
used in the United States to apply to the entire playing field. 
Literally, however, the "diamond" is the infield proper. 

The infield is bounded by the base-running paths, which 
extend from base to base. The bases are placed at right 
angles to each other, on each corner of the "diamond," at 
intervals of ninety feet beginning from the home plate. Thus, 
first base must be ninety feet from home plate, second base 
ninety feet from first base, third base ninety feet from second 
base and also ninety feet from the home plate, thus completing 
a perfect square. 

The territory which lies behind third base, second base and 
first base, beyond the infield and within the lines defining fair 
ground and also without these lines, is known as the outfield. 
All that portion of the field outside of the base lines that 
extend from home plate to first base and from home plate to 
third base, all territory behind the home plate and all terri- 
tory outside of straight lines reaching from the outside corner 
of third and first bases indefinitely to the outfield is foul 
ground. 

Sometimes it is impossible for boys who desire to play Base 
Ball to obtain a field sufficiently large for the regulation 
diamond, whose dimensions have previously been stated, and 
in such cases an effort should always be made to place the 
bases at equal distances from each other in order that the 
symmetry of the diamond and the correct theory of the game 
may be preserved. Players of younger years may find that a 
smaller diamond adds more enjoyment to their amusement, 
since they are better able to cover the ground in fielding the 
ball in a smaller area and do not become so fatigued by running 
the bases when the latter are stationed at their full legal dis- 
tance from each other. 

The bases, except home plate, are best constructed of canvas 
bags filled with sawdust. Home plate should be of whitened 
rubber, whenever it is possible to obtain it. Some cruder sub- 
stance may be used for bases if nothing else is obtainable, but 
it is best to follow the suggestions given. First, second and 
third bases should be attached to pegs driven in the ground, 
and home plate should be sunk so that its upper surface is on 
a level with the surface of the ground. 

The pitcher's position on a diamond of regulation size is 
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straight line, extending from home plate to the center of second 
base. It, too, should be denoted by a plate of whitened rubber, 
to be sunk until its upper surface is on a level with the surface 
of the field. This plate should be the shape of a parallelo- 
gram twenty-four inches long by six inches wide, with the 
longer sides of the parallelogram at right angles to home 
plate. 

If a diamond smaller than the regulation size be used, the 

pitcher's position should be relatively closer to home plate. 

(For detailed description of laying out a "diamond" see 

Rules Nos. 1 to 13, inclusive, of Spalding's Official 

Base Ball Guide.) 

The Ball 

The Spalding Official National League Ball is used in regula- 
tion games, but for players fifteen years of age or younger, the 
Spalding Official "National League Junior" ball, made the 
same as the National League Ball, only slightly smaller in 
size, should be used, for it better fits the boy's hand and pre- 
vents straining the arm in throwing. 

(See Rule No. 14 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

The Regulation Bat 

The Bat must alwavs be round and not to exceed 2% inches 
in diameter at the thickest part. Spalding Trade Mark Bats 
are made to suit all ages and physiques, and are strictly in 
accordance with official regulations. 

(See Rule No. 15 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

Regulation Gloves and Mitts 

The catcher or first baseman may wear a glove or mitt of 
anv size, shape or weight. Every other player is restricted to 
the use of a glove or mitt weighing not over ten ounces and 
measuring not over fourteen inches around the palm. Spalding's 
Trade Marked Gloves and Mitts are regulation weight and size 
and are used by all champion players. 

(See Rule No. 20 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

Players' Uniforms 

Games plaved by players not clad in a regular uniform are 
called "scrub" games and are not recorded as "match games. 
Every club should adopt a regular uniform, not only to enable 
the players to play properly and with comfort, but to distin- 
guish one team from the other. 

(See Rule No. 19 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

Players' Benches 

All ball grounds should be provided with two players' benches 
back of and on each side of the home plate. They must be not 
less than twenty-five feet outside of the coachers lines. The 
coachers may not go within fifteen feet of the base lines Each 
team should occupy one of these benches exclusively, and their 
bats and accoutrements should be kept near the bench. 

^ (See Rule No. 21 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 



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Field Rules 

No person shall be allowed upon any part of the playing 
field except the players in uniform, the manager of each side 
(and the latter not when the game is in progress, except that 
he is in uniform) ; the umpire and the officers of the law. No 
manager, captain, or player is supposed to address the specta- 
tors. In a regular League match this is considered a viola- 
tion of the rules. 

(See Rules Nos. 75-77 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 

Soiling and Providing Balls 

No player shall be allowed to soil a new ball prior to put- 
ting it into play. 

In League games the home team provides the ball. It is 
customary in smaller leagues to expect the home team to do 
the same. The umpire has the custody of the ball when it is 
not in play, but at the conclusion of the game the ball becomes 
the property of the winning team. 

(.See Rule No. 14 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

Number and Position of Players 

Two teams make up each contest with nine players on each 
side. The fielders are known as the pitcher, the catcher, the 
first baseman, the second baseman, the third baseman, the 
shortstop, the left fielder, the center fielder and the right 
fielder. None of these is required to occupy an exact position 
on the field, except the pitcher, who must stand with his foot 
touching the pitcher's plate when in the act of delivering the 
ball to the batter, and the catcher, who must be within the 
"catcher's space" behind the batter and within ten feet of 
home plate. Players in uniform must not occupy seats In the 
stands or mingle with the spectators. 

(See Rules Nos. 16, 17 and IS of Spalding's Official Base 
Ball Guide.) 



Substitute Players 



It is always advisable to have a sufficient number of sub- 
stitutes in uniform ready to take the field in case any player 
shall become disabled or be disqualified. 

It is the duty of the captain of each team immediately to 
announce changes of players to the umpire, and the umpire 
shall announce them to the opposing team and spectators. 

When a pitcher is taken from his position his substitute 
must continue to pitch until the batsman has reached first 
base or has been put out. 

(See Rule No. 28 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 

Choice of Innings — 
Fitness of Field for Play 

The home team has the choice of innings and determines 
whether the ground is fit for play providing it has rained 
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city are playing, the captain of the team on whose ground the 
game is played has the choice of innings. 

(See Rule No. 29 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 



A Regulation Game 



The game begins with the fielders of the team losing the 
choice of innings in their respective positions. The first batter 
of the opposing team is in his "box" at home plate. This 
"box" is a parallelogram, six feet by four, on either side of 
home plate, and six inches back from the furthest corner of 
the plate. 

If it is not possible to outline a "box" it should be remem- 
bered that the batter is never allowed to step over home plate 
to strike at the ball, and that he must not run forward toward 
the pitcher, to exceed three feet from the center of the plate, 
to strike at the ball. 

The umpire may take his position, at his option, either 
behind the pitcher or the catcher. He judges all balls and 
strikes, declares all outs, decides whether the ball is batted 
foul or fair, decides as to the legality of the pitcher's deliv- 
ery, and, in fact, has complete control of the game. His 
decisions must never be questioned, except by the captain of 
either team, and only by the latter when there is a difference 
of opinion as to the correct interpretation of the rules. 

The team at bat is allowed two coaches on the field, one 
opposite first base and the other opposite third base, but they 
must never approach either base to a distance closer than 
fifteen feet, and must not coach when there are no runners on 
the bases. 

Whenever a player is substituted on a nine he must always 
bat in the order of the man who retires from the game. A 
player may be substituted at any time, but the player whose 
place he takes is no longer eligible to take part in the contest. 

When a substitute takes the pitcher's place in the box he must 
remain there until the batsman then at bat either is retired or 
reaches first base. 

A game is won when the side first at bat scores fewer runs 
in nine innings than the side second at bat. This rule applies 
to games of fewer innings. Thus, whenever the side second 
at bat has scored more runs in half an inning less of play 
than the side first at bat it is the winner of the game, pro- 
vided that the side first at bat has completed five full innings 
as batsmen. A game is also won if the side last at bat scores 
the winning run before the third hand is out. 

In case of a tie game play continues until at the end of 
even innings one side has scored more runs than the other, 
provided that if the side last at bat scores the winning run 
before the third hand is out the game shall terminate. This 
latter provision applies to a regular nine-inning game. Rul- 
ings relative to drawn games and games that are called because 
of atmospheric disturbances, fire or panic will be found under 
the head of "Umpire's Duties." 

(See Rules Nos. 22-27 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 



Pitching Rules 



Before pitching the ball the pitcher must face the batsman 
with both feet squarely on the ground and in front of the 



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pitcher's plate. When the ball is delivered the pitcher must 
face the batter and one of his feet must be in contact with 
the pitcher's plate. Not more than one step must be taken in 
the act of delivery. 

Whenever the ball after being pitched and without striking 
the ground goes over any part of home plate between the knee 
and the shoulder of the batsman it must be called a strike, 
wnether the batsman strikes at it or not. 

If the pitcher fails to deliver the ball over any part of the 
plate, or if he delivers it over the plate above the shoulder or 
below the knee and the batsman declines to strike at it, it is 
called a ball, or it' the bases are unoccupied, any ball delivered 
by the pitcher while either foot is not in contact with the 
pitcher's plate shall lie called a ball. 

If the ball touches the ground before it passes home platb- 
and is not struck at by the batsman, it is a ball and must be 
called as such by the umpire. If struck at, it is, of course, 
recorded as a strike. 

At the beginning of each inning the pitcher is allowed to 
throw live balls to the catcher or to an inlielder for ••warming- 
up" practice, the bat-man refraining from occupying his posi- 
tion in the "box" at home plate. 

After the batsman steps into his position the pitcher must 
not throw the ball around the infield, except to retire a base 
runner. It' he violates this rule and, in the opinion of the 
umpire, is trying to delay the game, the umpire may call a 
ball for every throw thus made. If the pitcher occupies more 
than twenty seconds in delivering the hall to the batter the 
umpire may call a ball for each offense of this nature. 

The pitcher must not make any motion to deliver the ball 
to the batsman and fail to do so. nor must he feint to throw 
to first base when it is occupied by a runner and fail to 
complete the throw. Violation of this rule constitutes a balk 
which gives all runners who are on the bases at the time an 
opportunity to advance a base each without being put out. 

A balk is also declared when the pitcher throws to any 
base to catch a runner without stepping directly toward that 
base in the act of making the throw: when either foot of the 
pitcher is behind the pitcher's plate when he delivers the hall ; 
when he fails to face the batsman in the act of delivering the 
ball ; when neither foot of the pitcher is in contact with the 
pitcher's plate in the act of delivering the ball ; when in the 
opinion of the umpire the pitcher is purposely delaying the 
game; when he stands in his position and makes any motion 
with any part of his body corresponding to his customary mo- 
tion when pitching and fails immediately to deliver the ball ; 
when he delivers the ball to the catcher when the latter is 
outside of the catcher's box. 

When a pitched ball, at which the batsman has not struck, 
hits the batsman before the catcher touches it. the umpire must 
call it a dead ball and no base runner can advance. The 
batsman, however, must be in his position at the time that 
the ball hits him and must make every effort to get out of 
the way of the ball if he fears that it will hit him. 

If a batsman makes a foul strike, if a foul hit is not 
caught, if the umpire declares a dead ball, or if a fair hit ball 
touches a base runner or umpire, if the pitcher makes a balk, 
or if there is interference with fielder or batsman, the ball is 
not in play until after it has been returned to the pitcher, 
standing in his position, and the umpire has given the word 
to resume play. No base runners may advance when the ball 
is not in play. 



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first base, or third base, or that touches the person of a player 
or an umpire on foul ground, is a foul hit. 

A foul tip is the continuation of a strike which has merely 
been touched by the bat, shoots directly into the hands of the 
catcher and is held by him. 

A bunt hit is legally tapping the ball slowly within the 
infield by the batsman. If a foul result, which is not legally 
caught, the batsman is charged with a strike, whether it be 
the first, second or third strike. 

Any hit going outside the ground is fair or foul as the 
umpire judges its flight at the point at which it passes beyond 
tbr limitations of the enclosure in which the contest takes 
place. A legal home run over a wall or a fence can only be 
made when the wall or fence is L'.';."> feel from the home plate. 
This rule is n<>t invariably followed in amateur games. 

If the batsman strikes at a pitched ball and misses it, a 
strike is called. 

If tin- batsman fails to strike at a pitched ball which passes 
over the plate at the proper height, a strike is called. 

A foul tip caughl by the catcher is a strike. 

A foul hit, whether a fly or a ground hit. bounding to any 
part of foul ground, is a strike unless the batter has two 
strikes. After two strikes the batter may foul the ball without 
penalty unless be bunts or is caught out on a foul fly. 

All bunts rolling foul are strikes. [f the batsman strikes 
at the ball and misses it. but the ball hits him. it is a strike. 

If the batsman, with either of his feel out of the batsman's 
box, bits the ball in any way it is a foul strike and the bats- 
man is out. 

If a batsman bats out of turn and it is discovered after 
he has completed his time at bat. but before the ball has been 
delivered to the succeeding batsman, the player who should 
have batted is out. and no runs can be scored, or bases be 
run, on any play made by the wrong batter. This penalty is 
not enforced unless the error has been discovered before the 
ball is delivered by the pitcher to the succeeding batsman. 

If the error is discovered while the wrong batsman is at 
bat, the proper player may take his place, hut he must be 
charged with whatever bails and strikes have already been 
recorded against the wrong batsman. Whenever this happens 
the batters continue to follow each other in their regular 
order. 

Should the batsman who is declared out for batting out of 
order be the third hand out, the proper batsman in the next 
inning is the player who would have come to bat had the side 
been retired by ordinary play in the preceding inning. 

The batsman is out "if he fails to take his position within 
one minute after the umpire has called for him. 

The batsman is out if a foul fly, other than a foul tip, is 
caught by a fielder, providing the latter does not use his cap, 
his protector, or any illegal contrivance to catch the ball, and 
providing the ball does not strike some object other than a 
tielder before being caught. It has been ruled that when the 
ball lodges in the catcher's protector by accident and he 
secures it before it falls to the ground, the catch is fair. This 
is a very exceptional play. 

The batsman is out whenever he attempts to hinder the 
catcher from fielding or throwing the ball, either by stepping 
outside of the lines of his position or by deliberate obstruc- 
tion. 

The batsman is out when three strikes are called and first 



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base is occupied, whether the catcher holds the ball or not, 
except there be two hands out at the time. 

The batsman is out, if, while attempting a third strike, the 
ball touches any part of his person, and base runnei-s are not 
allowed to advance. 

Before two men are out, if the batsman pops up a fly to the 
infield with first and second, or first, second and third bases 
occupied, he is out if the umpire decides that it is an infield 
hit. The umpire shall immediately declare when the ball is 
hit whether it is an infield hit or an outfield hit. It is cus- 
tomary for the umpire to call the batter out in case that he 
decides it an infield hit, so that base runners may be pro- 
tected and not force each other out through the medium of a 
double play. 

The batsman is out on a bunt that rolls foul if the attempted 
bunt be made on the third strike. 

The batsman is out if he steps from one batsman's box to 
the other after the pitcher has taken his position to pitch. 

(See Rules Nos. 38-51 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 



Base Running Rules 



After the batsman makes a fair hit in which he is not put 
out he must touch first, second and third bases, and then the 
home plate in regular succession in order to score a run. 

No base runner may score ahead of the men who precedes 
him in the batting order, if that player is also a base runner. 

The batsman must run to first base immediately after mak- 
ing a fair hit. or when four balls have been called by the 
umpire, or when three strikes have been declared by the umpire. 

If the batsman is hit by a pitched ball, either on his per- 
son or clothing, and the umpire is satisfied that the batsman 
did not purposely get in the way of the ball, and that he 
used due precaution to avoid it, he is entitled to run to first 
base without being put out. 

The batsman is entitled to run to first base without being 

Eut out if the catcher interferes with him or tries to prevent 
im from striking at the ball. 

The batsman is entitled to first base, without being put 
out, if a fair hit ball hit either the person or clothing of an 
umpire or a base runner who is on fair ground. 

Whenever the umpire sends the batsman to first base after 
four balls have been called, or for being hit by a pitched ball, 
or because he has been interfered with by the catcher, all 
runners on bases immediately ahead of him may advance a 
base each without being put out. A runner on second or third 
base with first base unoccupied would not be considered a 
runner immediately ahead. 

Any base runner is entitled to advance one base when the 
umpire calls a balk. 

Any base runner is entitled to advance one base when the 
ball, after being delivered by the pitcher, passes the catcher 
and touches any fence or building within ninety feet of the 
home plate. The penalty in regard to touching a fence or 
building is frequently waived by mutual consent where the 
ground area is limited. 

If a fielder obstructs a base runner the latter may go to the 
next base without being put out. providing the fielder did not 
have the ball in his hand with which to touch the runner. 

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stops or catches the ball with his cap, glove, or any part 
of his uniform detached from its proper place on his person. 

Should a thrown or pitched ball strike the person or clothing 
of an umpire on foul ground, the ball is not dead, and base 
runners are entitled to all the bases they can make. 

The base runner shall return to his base without liability 
of being put out when a foul is not legally caught, when a 
ground ball is batted foul, or when the batter illegally bats 
the ball. 

On a dead ball the runner shall return to his base without 
liability of being put out, unless it happens to be the fourth 
pitched ball to the batter, in which case, if first, or first and 
second base, or first, second and third bases be occupied, run- 
ners shall advance to the next bases In regular order. If by 
accident the umpire interferes with the catcher's throw, or a 
thrown ball hits the umpire, on fair ground, the runner must 
return to his base and Is not to be put out. If a pitched 
ball is struck at by the batsman, but missed, and the ball 
hits the batsman, the runner must return to his base and 
may not be put out If the umpire is struck by a fair hit ball 
before it touches a fielder, or the umpire declares the bats- 
man or another base runner out for Interference, in any or 
the above cases the runner is not required to touch any inter- 
vening bases to reach the base to which he is legally entitled. 
If after the third strike has been called and missed by 
the catcher the then batsman attempts to hinder the catcher 
from fielding the ball, he is out. 

Any fly ball legally hit by the batsman and legally caught 
on fair or foul ground is out. 

Three strikes are out if the catcher holds. the ball. In case 
he drops it, but picks it up, and touches the batsman, or 
throws it to first base, and the first baseman touches the base, 
or the batsman, before the latter can get to first base, the 
batsman is out. . ,. _ 

v Should the batsman make a fair hit and in the last half of 
the distance between home plate and first base run more than 
three feet outside of the base line, he is out, except that he 
may run outside of the line to avoid Interference with a fielder 
•rying to field the ball as batted. This rule is construed rather 
liberally owing to tbe great speed with which runners go to 
first base. 

Whenever the runner is on the way from first to second base, 
second to third base, or third base to home plate, or in reverse 
order trying to secure the base which he has just left, he 
must keep within three feet of a direct line between bases. 
If he runs out of line to avoid being touched by a fielder, he is 
out. However, if a fielder is on the line trying to field a batted 
ball, the runner may run behind him to avoid interference, and 
shall not be called .out for it. 

Interference with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball 
retires the runner, unless two fielders are after the same hit, 
and the runner collides with the one whom the umpire be- 
lieves to have had the lesser opportunity to field the ball. 

The runner is always out at any time that he may be 
touched by the ball in the hands of a fielder, unless the runner 
is on the base to which he is legally entitled. The ball, how- 
ever, must be held by the fielder after he has touched the 
runner. If the runner deliberately knocks the ball out of the 
fielder's hands, to avoid being put out when not on base, he 
shall be declared out. 

If a runner fails to get back to a base after a foul or fair 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

hit fly ball is caught, other than a foul tip, before the ball is 
fielded to that base and legally held, or the runner be touched 
by a fielder with the ball in his hands before he can get back 
to the base last occupied, the runner is out, except that if the 
ball be thrown to the pitcher, and he delivers it to the batter, 
this penalty does not apply. If a base should be torn from its 
fastenings as the runner strikes it, he cannot be put out. 

If a runner is on first base, or runners are on first and 
second bases, or on first, second and third bases, and the ball 
shall be legally batted to fair ground, all base runners are 
forced to run, except in the case of an infield fly (previously 
referred to), or a long fly to the outfield. Runners may be 
put out at any succeeding base if the ball is fielded there and 
properly held, or the runners may be touched out between 
bases in the proper manner. After a foul fly is caught, or 
after a long fly to the outfield is caught, the base runners 
have the privilege of trying for the next base. 

A base runner hit by a legally batted ball in fair territory 
is out. In such case no base shall be run, unless necessitated 
by the batsman becoming a base runner. No run shall be 
scored nor shall any other base runner be put out except the 
one hit by the batted ball, until the umpire puts the ball in 
play. 

A runner who fails to touch each base in regular or reverse 
order, when a fair play is being made, is out if the ball be 
properly held by a fielder on the base that should have been 
touched, or the runner be touched out between bases by the 
ball legally held by a fielder, provided that the ball has not 
been delivered to the batsman in the meantime by the pitcher. 

If a runner fails to return to the base that he occupied 
when "Time" was called after the umpire has announced 
"Play" he is out, provided that the pitcher has not in the 
meantime delivered the ball to the batsman. 

The runner is out if he occupies third base with no one 
out or one out and the batsman interferes with a play that is 
being made at home plate. 

The runner is out if he passes a base runner who is caught 
between two bases. The moment that he passes the preceding 
base runner the umpire shall declare him out. 

When the batter runs to first base he may overrun that base 
if he at once returns and retouches it. An attempt to run to 
second base renders him liable to be put out. 

If, while third base is occupied, the coacher at third base 
shall attempt to fool a fielder who is making or trying to 
make a play on a batted ball not caught on the fly, or on 
a thrown ball, and thereby draws a throw to home plate, the 
runner on third base must be declared out. 

If one or more members of the team at bat gather around 
a base for which a runner is trying, thereby confusing the 
fielding side, the runner trying for the base shall be declared 
out. 

If a runner touches home plate before another runner pre- 
ceding him in the batting order, the former loses his right to 
third base. 

(See Rules Nos. 52-57 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 



Coaching Rules 



The coachers must confine themselves to legitimate direc- 
tions of the base runners only, and there must never be more 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

than two coachers on the field, one near first base and the other 
near third base. 

(See Rule No. 58 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 



Scoring of Runs 



One run shall be scored every time that a player has made 
the legal circuit of the bases before three men are out, pro- 
vided that a runner who reaches home on or during a play 
in which the third man is forced out, or the third man is put 
out before reaching first base, the runner shall not be entitled 
to score. 

A player who makes a legal hit to fair territory is entitled 
to as many bases as he can advance without being put out. 
If a fielder is unable to get the ball home until the man has 
completed the circuit of the bases, the latter is entitled to a 
home run, provided the fielder has not made a misplay in 
handling the ball. The same rule applies to the making of a 
three-base hit, a two-base hit, or a hit for one base, which is 
also known as a single. 

A force-out can be made only when a base runner legally 
loses the right to the base he occupies by the batsman becoming 
a base runner and he is thereby obliged to advance. 

(See Rule No. 59 of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.) 



Ground Rules 



captains* and the umpire, or umpires, in case there be two 
officials. The captain of the home club establishes the ground 
rules, but if the visiting captain objects, the matter must be left 
to the umpire, who has final jurisdiction. 

(See Rule No. 69 of Spaldiug's Official Base Ball Guide.) 



Umpire's Duties 



When there are two umpires, the umpire behind the plate 
is the "Umpire-in-Chief." and the umpire on the bases the "Field 
Umpire." The "Umpire-in-Chief has full charge of the game, 
makes all decisions on balls and strikes and decides all fair 
and foul hits. If a ball is hit fair, with a runner on first, 
he must go to third to make a possible decision ; with more 
than one base occupied, he decides whether a runner on third 
base leaves the base before a fly ball is caught, and if a runner 
is caught between third and home, with more than one base 
occupied he decides on the runner nearest home plate. He, 
alone, can forfeit a game. 

The Field Umpire makes the other decisions. 

When there is but one umpire he has complete jurisdiction 
over everything. 

The umpire has the right to call a draw game, whenever a 
storm interferes, if the score is equal on the last inning played. 
Calling a /'draw game" must not be confounded with calling 
"time." 

If the side second at bat is at bat when a storm breaks, 
and the game is subsequently terminated without further play, 
and this side has scored the same number of runs as the other 
side, the umpire can call the game a draw without regard to 
the score of the last equal inning. In other words, the game 
is a draw just as it rests. 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

"Under like conditions if the side second at bat has scored 
more runs than the side first at bat, it shall be declared the 
dinner, all runs for both sides being counted. 

A game can be forfeited bv the umpire if a team refuses to 
take the field within five minutes after he has called "Play" ; 
if one side refuses to play after the game has begun : if, after 
the umpire has suspended play, one side refuses to play after 
he has again called "Play" ; if one side tries to delay the 
game ; if the rules are violated after warning by the umpire ; 
if there are not nine plavers on a team after one has been 
removed bj the umpire. The umpire has the right to remove 
players for objecting to decisions or for behaving in an un- 
gentlemanly manner. 

Only by the consent of the captain of an opposing team may 
a base runner have a player of his own side run for him. 

Play may be suspended by tbe umpire because of rain, and 
if rain falls continuously for thirty minutes the umpire may 
terminate the game. The umpire may call "Time" for any 
valid reason. 



Umpire's Authority 



Under no circumstances shall a captain or player dispute 
the accuracv of an umpire's judgment and decision on a play. 
If the captain thinks the umpire has erred in interpretation 
of the rules he may appeal to the umpire, but no other player 
is privileged to do so. 

(See Rules Nos. 60-77 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 



General Definitions 



"Play" is the order of the umpire to begin the game or to 
resume' it after "Time" has been called. 

"Time" is the order of the umpire to suspend play tem- 
porarily. 

"Game" is the announcement of the umpire that the contest 
is terminated. 

"Inning" is the time at bat of one team and is terminated 
when three of that team have been legally put out. 

"Time at Bat" is the duration of a batter's turn against 
the pitcher until he becomes a base runner in one of the ways 
prescribed in the previous rules. In scoring a batter is exempt 
from a time at hat if he is given a base on balls, if he makes 
a sacrifice hit, if he is hit by a pitched ball, or if he is inter- 
fered with by the catcher. 

(See Rules Nos. 78-82 of Spalding's Official Base Ball 
Guide.) 



Scoring Rules 



Each side may have Its own scorer and in case of disagree- 
ment the umpire shall decide, or the captain of each team 
may agree upon one scorer for the match. 

(See Sn.ilding's Official Base Ball Guide for the Scoring 
Rules, and Spalding's Athletic Library, No. 350— "How- 
to Score," Price 10 Cents. 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

The Cork Center Base Ball 

When a distinct innovation is made in a pastime and sport of 
the importance of Base Ball it is assured that it will attract 
world-wide attention. Base Ball is a world-wide sport, even 
though it is our national game. 

Were a fiat bat, or an octagon bat. or a new spike or something 
of the sort to be tested all results marking the effort to attempt 
its introduction would be watched with attention and with careful 
discrimination throughout the sporting world. 

For that reason it is more than probable that nothing during 
the season of 1910, except the actual playing of the games, 
attracted closer observation anion- the students of Base Ball than 
th. introduction of the new cork-center hall. 

offhand, if one wen- to make the assertion that too much rubber 
in a hall had a tendency to make it dead, the incredulous and 
skeptical would begin to laugh. Vet it has been proved by experi- 
ment that such is the case. 

Rubber seems to give life to the bounce of a hall, but it 
does not add to its traveling ability. In boyhood days this seemed 




to he frequently noted when it was customary to play "barney 
ball" with a solid rubber ball. Of course, it was not a hall which 
was as large as a base ball. It would hounff high from the 
ground and continue in a succession of lively and energetic 
bounds. Yet if a solid rubber ball of the same weight as a base 
ball were used in a Base Ball game it was never possible to bat 
it so successfully, even with less capable pitching, as it was the 
yarn wound ball with a resilient center. 

When the cork-center ball was tried in 1010 the problem was 
to produce a ball which would be as good or better than that 
which had been in use in the past. 

It is a well-known fact that all who are directly interested in 
the production of Base Ball have been striving for a ball which 
would be neither too lively nor too dead. To arrive at that happy 
medium was no easy task. Off and ou experiments of various kinds 
had been attempted, the idea being to find a suitable foundation 
for the ball which would not detract from its life, and which, at 
the same size and weight, might add to its carrying power and 
to its general efficiency in play, both at bat and in the field. 



SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 

It is easy for any one to understand that this was a task of 
no mean effort. 

The cork-center ball was the creation of those who had centered 
their thought upon producing the best for the best of games. 
At the beginning of the season there were a few players, like all 
who arc aware that an experiment is being attempted, who were 
prone to charge their shortcomings to the employment of the new 
ball. If they failed for the moment the ball was held to be at 
fault to escape the criticism of the public for the player. 

At the end of the season the unanimous verdict of the experi- 
enced men of Base Ball was that the cork-center ball was the 
biggest hit which had been made in years. Indeed, they were 
firmly Impressed with the conviction that it was by far the best 
ball which had been used in championship contests since the first 
league game in Base Ball history. 

The cork-center ball possessed the quality <>f lasting throughout 
a game. Every Base Ball enthusiasl knows what that means. If 
there is one thing more annoying than another in a hard-fought 
Base Ball contest it is to find the ball growing soggy and chad 
as the innings progress. 

Our amateurs, who. perhaps, use a base ball even more thor- 
oughly than the professionals, owing to the tendency on the part 
of spectators to leip themselves too freely in paid contests to 
halls which happen to be hatted into the crowd, are never so 
happy and so well pleased as when they find themselves in posses- 
sion of a Base Ball which, at the end of the ninth inning, is giving 
as much satisfaction as it did in the first . As a matter of fact, 
during the season of 1910 it was the verdict of amateurs who 
were trying the cork-center hall, that fhe new model was fre- 
quently better and easier to handle toward the close of the 
game than it had been al the start in its first stiffness from the 
factory. That is the finest indorsement which any base ball could 
have. 

The testimony of professional players was freely offered as to 
the 'Masting power" Of the cork-center base ball. Repeatedly. 
when talking about Its merits, they dwelt upon the fact that it 
was as easy to hit hard and successfully in the final inning as it 
was in the first. 

That means everything to the professional. A ball which has 
become soggy, and which is without the elastic foundation which 
is given by the cork center, is likely to be so devoid of life in 
the finishing stages of a game that it is almost impossible to make 
a rally with if. A team which is behind finds it out of the 
question to gain enough runs to come up with its adversaries or 
enough to win. 

In this connection particular attention is called to the season 
of 1910 in regard to the recurring rallies day after day through- 
out the season. Ninth inning finishes, the most spectacular of 
all. were common. Games ran into extra innings and not infre- 
quently in such extra-innings contests a high total was run up 
in an inning beyond the fixed life of the game — nine innings — ■ 
showing that the ball still retained its life and vigor. 

There are repeated instances of three-base hits and home runs 
in the closing innings of games in which but one or two base balU 
had been used throughout the afternoon, showing that the ball 
retained form and the necessary elasticity to make it as^respon- 
sive as ever to the bat. r ~" 

There were fewer complaints than ever on the part of pitchers 
that the ball was so "punky" that they were unable to obtain a 
good grasp upon its surface. If anybody is quick to complain 



SrALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 
about the ball it is the pitcher, who must have a perfect sphere 

sS? srtsvsfiK ms&'W &. lrtt 

ln y i911 will be more attractive and better than ever with the 
C °r^t%r?ec^i?edTha1 although Base Ball is a sport j 

Wil ^ e m C an 8e who Eft^the happy expedient of a cork center 
in nllcf of the has. ball which had previously I a in use, was 

rrt n v wis« in making his choice, and five years from now it 

' , v assured thai Base Ball historians will be measuring 

th.ir recitai of certain Incidents from the time that the cork- 

CCn T^ Spring Co* CenVr°^all was used In the World Series 
Whai Managerl Mack and Chance think of 11 is expressed in the 
following letters: Chicago, November 2, 1910. 

Messes. A. G. Spalding & Beos., 

14;i Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. 

GE In TL the ?N Wld's Championship Series between the Chicago 
National League club and the Philadelphia American League club, 
three games of which were played on the Chicago grounds I wish 
nlvTs von that the Official National League Balls lum.shec I by 
vou and used in those three games were in every way most satis- 
factory and a so to say thai during n.v Base Ball experience I 
have never played with a better base ball than those used in the 
Chicago series. Yours very truly. 

FRANK L, CHANCE, 
Manager Chicago National League Club. 

Philadelphia, November 2, 1910. 
Messes. A. G. Spalding & Bros.. 

126 Nassau St., New York. 

GE In T ^he B ?ecent World Series between the Philadelphia .American 
Ieaeue club and the Chicago National League club I wish to state 
tha the Official National League Balls used in the three games 
nlaved in Chicago were of exceptional quality, and I am further 
Sad to state that in my Base Ball experience have never seen 
a better base ball than the balls used in the three games above 
referred to. Yours truly, 

CONNIE MACK, 
Manager Philadelphia American League Club. 




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The A. G. Spalding Bronze Championship Trophy for Public Schools 
Athletic Leagues. 

The above group is executed in bronze, the figures being 18 inches high, 
and was presented to the Public Schools Athletic League of Greater New 
York by Mr. A. G. Spalding as a perpetual trophy for annual competition 
between the elementary schools of Greater New York, the winning school 
to have custody of the statuette for one year. In the first competition, 
held in 1905, 103 schools were entered, the winner being Public School 46, 
Manhattan. Public School 10, Brooklyn, won in 1906 and again in 1907; 
Public School 9 of Brooklyn won it in 1908, Public School 28, Borough of 
the Bronx, in 1909 and 1910. The offer was subsequently extended, by 
request, to other large cities where regularly organized Public Schools 
Athletic Leagues exist. San Francisco held a competition under these 
conditions in 1909, the winner being Horace Mann Grammar School, 
Hancock School winning it in 1910. In New Orleans, McDonogh No. 9 
School won it in 1909 and McDonogh No. 17 School in 1910 (88 schools 
competing). In Cleveland Warren High School won the trophy in 1910. 




"SLIDING TO SECOND." 
Bronze Trophy presented by Mr. A. G. Spalding in 1908 to the Public 
Schools Athletic League of Greater New York, to be competed for annu- 
ally by the High Schools in that organization. The first winner was 
Commercial High School, Manhattan, 1908; Morris High School won it in 
1909, and Commercial High School, Brooklyn, in 1910. 




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PLAQUE. 
Donated by Mr. A. G. Spalding in 1910 for competition between schools 
in regularly organized Public Schools Athletic Leagues where a small 
number of teams compete. Trophies were awarded to the winners in the 
following cities: Oshkosh, Wis. (Merrill School); Houston. Tex. (Fannin 
School); Racine, Wis.; San Diego, Cal.; Hartford, Conn. 




PRESIDENT TAFT AT OPENING GAME OF SEASON OF 1910, 

AT WASHINGTON. 

Autographed Ball presented by President Taft to Walter Johnson, the 

Washington pitcher. 



OFFICIAL RULES FOR AL L ATHLETIC SPORTS. 

The following- list contains the Group and the Number of the book of 
Spalding-' s Athletic Library in which the ruleo wanted are contained. See 
front pages of book for complete list of Spalding's Athletic Library. 



Event. 



No. 



Event. 



All-Round Atnleuc unam- 

pionship 

A. A. U. Athletic Rules ... 

A. A. U. Boxing Rules 

A. A. U. Gymnastic Rules.. 
A. A. U. Water Polo Rules. 
A. A. U. Wrestling Rules. . . 

Archery 

Badminton 

Base Ball 

Indoor 

Basket Ball. Official 

Collegiate 

Women's 

Water 

Basket Goal 

Bat Ball 

Betting 

Bowling 

Boxing — A. A. U., Marquis 

of Queensbury, London 

Prize Ring 

Broadsword (mounted) 

Caledonian Games 

Canoeing 

Children's Games 

Court Tennis 

Cricket 

Croquet 

Curling 

Dog Racing 

Fencing 

Foot Ball 

A Digest of the Rules 

Association (Soccer) 

English Rugby 

Canadian 

Golf 

Golf-Croquet 

Hand Ball 

Hand Polo 

Hand Tennis 

Hitch and Kick 

Hockey 

Ice 

Field 

viarden 

Lawn 

Parlor 

Ring 

Ontario Hockey Ass'n 

Indoor Base Ball 

Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. . 

I.-C. Gymnastic Ass'n 

Lacrosse 

U. S. I.-C Lacrosse League 



12 



182 

| 12a 

12a 

12a 

12a 

12a 

248 

188 

1 

9 

7 

323 

7a 

55 

188 

55 

55 

341 



1G2 

55 

55 

23 

189 

194 

3 

138 

14 

55 

165 

2 

344 

2a 

55 

332 

5 

188 

13 

188 

194 

55 

304 

6 

154 

188 

188 

188 

55 

256 

9 

339 

345 

201 

8 



Lawn Bowls 

Lawn Games 

Lawn Tennis 

Obstacle Races 

Olympic GameEvents — Mar- 
athon Race, Stone Throw- 
ing with Impetus. Spear 
Throwing, HellenicMethod 
of Throwing Discus. Dis- 
cus.GreekStylefor Youths 

Pigeon Flying 

Pin Ball 

Playground Ball 

Polo (Equestrian) 

Polo, Rugby 

Polo. Water (A. A. U.) 

Potato Racing 

Professional Racing, Shef- 
field Rules 

Public Schools Athletic 
League Athletic Rules. . . . 

j Girls' Branch ; including 
Rules for School Games. 

Push Ball 

Push Ball, Water 

Quoits 

Racquets 

Revolver Shooting 

Ring Hockey 

Roller Polo 

Roller Skating Rink 

Roque 

Rowing 

Sack Racing. 

Shuffleboard 

Skating 

Skittles 

Snowshoeing 

Squash Racquets 

Swimming 

Tether Tennis 

Three-Legged Race 

Volley Ball 

Wall Scaling 

Walking 

Water Polo (American) 

Water Polo (English) 

Wicket Polo 

Wrestling 

Y. M. C. A. All-Round Test. 

Y. M. C. A. Athletic Rules. . 

Y. M. C. A. Hand Ball Rules. 

Y.M.C.A. Pentathlon Rules. 

Y.M.C.A. Volley Ball Rules. 



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1 hese shirts are suitable 

SpaJ<d Sinig^S for ind °o r and outdoor 

E 1 <P> mm rf* im fr ai wow track and fieId use ' basket 

j^jiementary baI1 and general gymna- 

©CO ©Oil sium wear, and are made 

Athletic Shirt in the u S£ T ! tyle as ,' hose 

worn by leading athletes. 
Sizes : 26 to 30 inches, inclusive, chest measurement. 

No. 16. SPALDING'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ^^ 

ATHLETIC SHIRT Zi5>Co 

** 

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Jniform with Spalding's Elementary School Athletic Shirt 

advertised on opposite page) i i a i i n i | n ■ \ 

^. G. Spalding & Bros, offer -n . ,, 

1 hese pants are suitable 

Spaldlog^s fcr indoor and outdoor 

Exi „ track and field use, basket 

lementary ba H and general gymna- 

sium wear, and are made 

in the same style as those 

worn by leading athletes. 

Sizes: 24 to 26 inches, inclusive, waist measurement. 



athletic Paint; 



Jo. 17. 



SPALDING'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
ATHLETIC PANTS 



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GUARANTEES 
QUALITY 




Spalding 

Running Shoes 

No. 2-0. This Running 
Shoe is made of the finest 
Kangaroo leather; extreme- 
ly light and glove fitting. 
Best English steel spikes 
firmly riveted on. 

Per pair, $6.00 
No. IO. Finest Calfskin 
Running Shoe; lightweight, 
hand made, six spikes. 

Per pair, $6.00 
No. I I T. Calfskin, machine 
made, solid leather tap sole 
holds spikes firmly in place. 

Per pair, S4.00 
No. I I . Calfskin, machine 
made. Per pair, S3.00 

Juvenile 
Running Shoes 

No. 1 2. Outdoor Leather 
Running Shoes, complete 
with spikes, in sizes 12 to 5 
only. Per pair, S2.SO 

No. I I 6. Indoor Leather 
Running Shoes, without 
spikes, in boys' sizes, 12 to 5 
inclusive, only Pair.$2.00 

Indoor 
Running Shoes 

With or Without Spikes 
No. III. Fine leather, rub- 
ber tipped sole, with spikes. 
Per pair, S4.00 
No. I I 2. Leather shoe, 
special corrugated rubber 
tap sole, no spikes. S3.00< 
No. I I 4. Leathershoe, rub- 
ber tipped, no spikes. $2. 60 

Indoor 
Jumping Shoes 

With or Without Spikes 

No. 2 I O. Hand made, best 
leather, rubber soles.SS.OO 




Protection for 
Running Shoe Spikes 




.No. N. Thick 
wood, shaped 
and perforated to accomodate 
spikes. .Per pair, 60c. 



Spalding special Grips 

With Elastic 




No. I. Athletic Grips 

Selected cork, shaped to fit 
hollow of hand. Pair, 15c. 



Chamois Pushers 

No. 5. Fine chamois skin 
and used with running 
walking, jumping and 
other athletic 
shoes. 
Pair. 25c 




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.sT^THESRALDINGl^TRADEMARK-^^ 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 
GROUP XILv No. 331. 



Schoolyard 
Athletics 

By J. E. SULLIVAN 

President Amateur Athletic Union; 
lember Board of Education Greater New York. 



/ T V HE great interest in ath- 




letics that has developed 
- in the public schools 
within recent years has led to 
the compilation of this book 
with a view to the systemiza- ^ 

tion of the various events that form the distinctively 
athletic feature of school recreation. With its aid any. 
teacher should be able to conduct a successful meet, while 
the directions given for becoming expert in the various 
lines will appeal to the pupil. Some of the leading 
athletes have contributed chapters on their specialties: 
Ray Ewry, holder of the world's high jump record, tells 
how to practice for that event; HarryHillman, holder of 
the hurdle and three-legged records, gives hints on hurdlo 
racing and three-legged racing ; Martin Sheridan, all- 
around champion of America, gives directions for putting 
the shot; Harry F. Porter, high jump expert, describes 
how to become proficient in that event. The book is 
illustrated with photos taken especially for it in public 
schoolyards. PRICE 10 CENTS 



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CAUTION BASEBAUBOYS 

Because of your youth and inexperience, advantage is frequently 
taken of you base ball boys, by the >4 So called "Just as Good" dealer, who 
tries to palm off on you some of his "Just as Good" Base Ball goods, mad* 
especially for him by the "Just as Good " manufacturer, when you call 
for the Spalding goods. You are cautioned not to be deceived by this 
"Just as Good" combination, for when you get onto the field you will 
find these "Just as Good" Balls, Bats. Mitts, etc., will not stand the wear 
and punishment of the genuine Spalding articles. Remember that 
Spalding goods are standard the world over, and are used by all the leading 
clubs and players. These "Just as Good " manufacturers endeavor to 
copy the Spalding styles, adopt the Spalding descriptive matter and Spald- 
ing list prices, and then try to see how very cheap and showy they can 
make the article, so the " Just as Good " dealer can work off these imi- 
tations on the unsuspecting boy. 

Don't be deceived by the attractive 25 to 40 per cent, discount that 
may be offered you, for remember that their printed prices are arranged 
for the special purpose of misleading you and to enable the "Just as 
Good " dealer to offer you this special discount bait. This "discount" 
pill that the "Just as Good " dealer asks you to swallow is sugar coated 
and covered up by various catchy devices, that are well calculated to 
deceive the inexperienced boy, who will better understand these tricks of 
the trade as he grows older. Remember that all Spalding Athletic Goods 
are sold at the established printed prices, and no dealer is permitted to 
sell them at a greater or less price. Special discounts on Spalding Goods 
are unknown. Everybody is treated alike. This policy persistently 
adhered to makes it possible to maintain from year to year the high 
quality of Spalding Athletic Goods, which depend for their sale on Spald- 
ing Quality, backed by the broad Spalding Guarantee, and not on any 
deceiving device like this overworked and fraudulent " Discount " scheme 
adopted by all of the " Just as Good " dealers. 

Occasionally one of these "Just as Good " dealers will procure some 
of the Spalding well known red boxes, place them in a showy place on 
his shelves, and when Spalding Goods are called for, will take from these 
Spalding boxes one of the "Just as Good" things, and try to palm it off 
on the boy as a genuine Spalding article. When you go into a store and 
ask for a Spalding article, see to it that the Spalding Trade-Mark is on 
that article, and if the dealer tries to palm off on you something "Just as 
Good." politely bow yourself out and go to another store, where the gen- 
uine Spalding article can be procured. 

In purchasing a genuine Spalding Athletic article, you are protected 
by the broad Spalding Guarantee, which reads as follows : 

We Guarantee to each purchaser of an article bearing the 
Spalding Trade-Mark that such article will give satisfaction and 
a reasonable amount of service, when used for the purpose for 
which it was intended and under ordinary conditions and fair 
treatment. 

We Agree to repair or replace, free of charge, any such article 
which proves defective in material or ivorkmanship: PROVIDED, 
such defective article is returned to us, transportation prepaid, 
within thirty days after purchase (except where otherwise stipu- 
lated on special guarantee tag attached to certain articles) , and 
accompanied by a letter from the user, giving his name and ad- v N 
dr-ess, and explaining the claim. j± t q. SPALDING & BROS. 
Beware of the "Just as Good " manufacturer, who makes " pretty " 
Athletic Goods (as if they were for use as an ornament) at the expense 
of "quality," in order to deceive the dealer; and beware of the substi- 
tute-dealer who completes the 
fraud by offering the 
"Just as Good" ar- 
ticle when Spalding 
Goods are asked for. 




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tf 



Spalding 

Official National League Ball 



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CORK CENTER 






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^/ationaijCoagm 



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jy 4 j Each, - - - $1.25 
llU.l 1 Per Dozen, $15.00 



Official Ball of 

the Game for 
over Thirty Years 



This ball has the Spalding 
"Patented" Cork Center, 

and it is made throughout in the 
best possible manner and of high- 
est quality material obtainable. 



Adopted by the National 
League in 1878. and the 

only ball used in Champion- 
ship games since that time. 
Each ball wrapped in tin- 
foil, packed in a separate 
box, and sealed in accord- 
ance with the latest League 
regulations. Warranted to 
last a full game when used 
under ordinary conditions. 



The Spalding "National Association" 
Ball at Sl.OO each Is the highest 
grade Pure Para Rubber Center ball 
made. 



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The 
Official Ball 



In adopting the Spalding 
Official National League 
Ball for TWENTY YEARS 

the Secretary of the National 
League, Mr. John A. Heydler 
gave the following as the 
reason for this action : 

"The Spalding Ball was adopted by the 
National League for Twenty Years, because 
we recognized it as the best ball made. We 
have used it satisfactorily for Thirty-four 
Years. The new Cork Center Ball, intro- 
duced for the first time last year and used 
in the World's Series, we believe to be the 
only ball for the future, and it is absolutely 
the best that has been used by the National 
League in its history." 



]DC 



World Series between the Chicago "Cubs" and the Philadelphia "Athletics." 
The opinions of the Managers of the opposing teams are given on this page. 

The Spalding "Official National League '-Ball 



A 
SPALDING 
TRIUMPH 



tf 



CORK CENTER 

THE BEST BASE BALL EVER MADE 



ANOTHER 

STEP 
FORWARD 



Id ti>« recent world Series betveea 

the Philadelphia American League Club 
and the Chicago National League Club 

games played in Chicago were of except* 
lcnal quality, and 1 ao further glad to 
state that in my base ball experience 
I have never seen a better base ball 
than the balls used in the three gooes 



tytrmvi.Zad^ 



ujr fnimijMi 




,\- 



M9 »»b«b 



•"orld's CnariplonsMp Series 
Chicago National League 
a Philadelphia 



Chicago grounds, 1 



o advise you that the Official t:a- 
lor.ai League Balls rurmshed by you 
no used In those three gaces "ere In 
very way ttosi satisfactory, and also 
o say that during my base ball ex- 



better o 



ball than 



£1**/- at 






Center 

Wool Ya 
Rubber D-U'h 

Cover E-Blue Wool Yarn WoolYa 

The Spalding "Cork Center" has not only improved the ball — it has also improved the game. Base ball 
played with the Spalding "Cork Center" Ball is as far in advance of the game played with an ordinary rubber 
center ball as the game played with the Spalding Official National League Ball of 1909 and before was in 
advance of the original game with the home made ball composed of a slice from a rubber shoe, some yarn 
from dad"s woolen sock, and a cover made of leather bought from the village cobbler and deftly wrapped 
and sewed on by a patient mother after her day's work was done. 

Base Ball to-day is no haphazard amusement, it is a scientific pastime, a sport of almost geometric 
exactitude. It commands the best that is in men of national prominence, and gives in return the plaudits of 
millions who testify by their presence and enthusiasm to the wonderful hold which this most remarkable game 
has upon the feelings of the great American Public. 

Anything which results in making the game more interesting to the spectators is good for the game itself, 
providing it does not interfere with the development of the sport as an athletic pastime. The Spalding 
"Cork Center" Ball makes the game faster — we have 
the testimony of hundreds of players to this effect — 
it makes it more accurate and even, the ball holding 
its life right through the game — not getting soggy or 
dead in the last innings — "you can make a home run 
in the ninth inning as easily as in the first" as Roger 
Bresnahan says. 

It is well for the youth of America to learn the 
lesson that while the cheapest things are very seldom 
the best things, the best are always the cheapest 
in the end. The price of the genuine Spalding 

"Official National League" Ball is $1.25 

each — no more and no less. The market abounds 
with so-called "League Balls," all listed at $1.25 each, 
for the sole purpose of deceiving the purchaser and 
enabling the "just as good" dealer to work the dis- 
count scheme on the boy who is not posted. 

This is the reason why bright boys always insist 
upon the Spalding Ball and decline to accept any 
substitute. To many parents, a ball is a ball ; but to 
the American lad who knows, only a Spalding Ball is 
the genuine and Official Ball of the game, and substi- 
tution of "something equally as good" does not go 
with him, for he has learned that to become a good 
ball player and get the greatest pleasure out of the 
game, he must use the same ball that all the leading 
professional players use — and this is the Spalding 

5 Official National League" Ball. 



TO THOSE WHO PLAY BASE BALL 

Every modification we have ever adopted In 
the construction of our Official League Ball has 
been decided upon after exhaustive experiments, 
always with the sole purpose of Improving the 
qualities of the ball. The last Improvement was 
In the core Itself. The result Is that the 1911 
Spalding Official League Ball Is the best type 
of ball we have ever turned out. It Is more 
durable, more uniform In resistance, and holds 
Its spherical shape better than any type of base 
ball made heretofore by anybody. I consider 
the 1911 Spalding Official League Ball nearer 
perfection than any base ball ever made. I 
personally Investigated this Improvement when 
It was first proposed in 1908. I then had an 
exhaustive series of experiments and tests 
made to determine whether the core could be 
Improved. I was present at these experiments 
and found that unquestionably the 1911 type 
of ball was a great Improvement from the 
standpoint of the ball player as well as the 
durability of the ball Itself. I therefore auth- 
orize the following statement: 

THE SPALDING 1911 OFFICIAL LEAGUE BALL 
is the best base ball (hat has ever been 
manufactured and sold by anybody. 



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UUHKHmLLO 

QUALITY 



Spalding 

National Association No. NA Ball 

Pure Para Rubber Center 

THE BEST RUBBER CENTER BASE BALL ON THE MARKET 




Nn Ml \ Each * - _ - $1 °° 
llO.il/l i Per Dozen, $12.00 



?s 



Mb 



THIS ball is made to 
comply with all the 
rules governing the 
National and Ameri- 
can Leagues and all 
Leagues working under 
the National Agreement 
and Is superior to any ball 
on the market other than 
the Official balls of the 
National and American 
Leagues. 



MADE with best 
horse hide cov- 
er, pure Para rubber 
center, wound with 
best all wool yarn. 
Warranted to last a 
full game when used 
under ordinary condi- 
tions. 



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Spalding 

Double Seam League Ball 




""THE double seam is used in its construction, render- 
ing it doubly secure against ripping. Every ball is 
wrapped in tinfoil and warranted to last a full game. 
No. O. Each, $1.50 

Per dozen, $18.00 



SPALDING 

Official National League Jr, 

°Baii° 



CORK CENTER 




JV/IADE with horse hide cover, and 
*■* *■ in every respect, including 
patented cork center, same as our 
"Official National League" Ball No. 1, 
except slightly smaller in size. Especi- 
ally designed for junior clubs (composed 
of boys under 16 years of age) and all 
games in which this ball is used will be 
recognized as legal games. Warranted 
to last a full game when used under ordi- 
nary conditions. 
No. Bl. "Official National League" Jr. 
Each, $1.00 



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Spalding City League 

Made with horse hide cover, and rubber center 
wound with yarn. Full sizeand weight. A very 
well made ball and excellent for general practice. 
No. L4. City League. . Each, 75c. 

Per dozen, S9.00 

Above balls warranted to last a full ga 




Spalding National Association Jr. 

Pure Para Rubber Center 

Made with horse hide cover and in every respect 
same as our National Association Ball No. NA, 

except slightly smaller in size. 
No. B2. National Association Jr. Each, 76c. 
when iised under ordinary conditions. 



Spalding Professional 




Selected horse 
hide cover; full 
size ball. Made of 
carefully selected 
material and war- 
ranted first-class 
quality. Put up 
in a separate box 

and sealed. 
No. 2. Profes- 
sional. Ea., 50c. 



Spalding Public School League 



This is a well 
made Junior size 
ball, with horse 
hide cover, and 
rubber center 
wound with yarn. 
Splendid for gen- 
eral practice by 

boys' teams. 
No. B3. Public 
School League. 
Each, 50c. 




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Sold Medal "Players' Autograph" Bats 



'or over thirty years we 
ave turned out special 
todel bats to suit the. 
jading players of the 
rominent ' professional 
jagues, and our records 
nil show hundreds of 
ifferent bats made in 
ccordance with the 
ieas of the individual 
layer, many of whom 
ave been league record- 
lakers. The models 
hat have been adopted 
lave been duplicated by 
is from time 
o time as 
hey have 
equ ire d 
dditional 
>ats, and in 
mndreds of 
ases we 
lave been 
equested to 
urnish to 
ther play- 
rs duplicate 
>ats that 
iave been 
tiade for 
nd used by 
/ell- known 
layers. .;,. 



f Autograph 
Model . 

This Is a very 
large Bat with a 
thick handle. 
Bats supplied will 
not weigh less 
than 45 nor over 
48 ozs. Length 
about 35 inches. 




W~ Autograph 

Model 

A well balanced 
small handle Bat 
ol very popular 
model. The Bats 
supplied will 
weigh not less 
than 3$ nor over 
41 ounces. 



In order to satisfy the 
ever increasing demand 
from our customers for 
bats of the same models 
a9 used by the leading 
players, we have ob~ 
tained permission from 
many of the leading 
batters of the country 
to include in our line of 
high grade bats these 
Gold Medal "Players' 
Autograph" Bats, bear- 
ing their 
signature. 
Space will 
not permit a 
description 
of all the 
various mod- 
els, but the 
f ollowi n g 
models havo 
been select- 
ed as exam- 
ples of what 
we are pro- 
ducing in 
this special 
"Players' 
Autograph" 
Bat Depart- 
ment. 



heeler M 

Spalding Gold Medal 



Players' Autograph" Bats. * Each, $1.00 



Autograph Model 

(most same Irnglh Bal as (he 
banre, wilh less weight and more 
lenly distributed, handle not as 
ilck. Weighs not less than 4 1 nor oveTD ounces, 




Autograph Model 

A large Bat, almost the length ol 
the Chance Model, but with much / 
less wood, especially in Ihe handle J' 
part ol the Bal. Bats supplied will not 
less than 41 nor over 44 ounces. 



I 



(£j~ 




(7 

Autograph Model 



This Bat is someuhat shorter than 

the Chance Model, medium thick < 

handle and rounded end. Bats 

supplied will weigh not less than 41 r.or over 

43 ounces. Length about 32 ■: inches. 



£*-$ 



gl 



Autograph Model 

symmetrically shaped Bat, good <o 
ilk, medium thick handle. Bats — ~ 
eigh not less than 41 nor more than 43 ounces. 




Autograph Model 

A short Bat with a small handle, 
but with good bulk in Ihe balance 
ol the Bat. Bats supplied will not 
weigh less than 39 nor over 41 ounces. 




Autograph Model 

This Model and the Chance touch 
the two extremes used by pro- 
fessional players. Short Bal with , 
lairly thin handle. Weighs not I 
less than 36 nor over 39 ozs. Length 31 ins. 



% 



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Spalding "ALL-STAR" Bats 



Since introducing our "Players' Autograph" Bats, No. 100, 
in various models made exactly the same in weight, shape and 
length as the bats actually used by the players whose autographs 
they bear, we have had many calls for bats shaped like one 
model but of the length and weight of another, or just like a 
certain model in shape and length but lighter in weight, and 
so on. We have, therefore, made up six what might be 
called "combination" models, combining the good points of 
various models in one or another, and, at the same time, modi- 
fying certain points about the models which make them 
unsuitable in many cases for the ordinary player — shortening 
the lengths and reducing the weights. It will be found, 
therefore, that none of the "ALL-STAR" models run 
over 34 inches in length, nor over 47 ounces in weight, and 
from that down to 35 ounces. 

We believe that ft will be generally acknowledged that we 
have included in these two lines — the No. 100 "Plavers' 
Autograph" models and the No. 100S "ALL-STAR" 
models, embracing a total of eighteen different models — an 
assortment from which any player may select the particular 
model bat best suited to his style of play. 

The timber for these bats is white ash, specially selected 
after being weather seasoned in open sheds for three years. 

No. lOOS. Spalding "ALL-STAR" Model Bats. 

Each, $1.00 

Furnished In any of the six models shown here : 

Model No- I. 

Weights from 35 to 40 oz. Length, 31% in. 
Model No- 2 Bottle shaped. 

Weights from 43 to 47 oz. Length, 32 in. 
Model Wo. 3. 

Weights from 39 to 43 oz. Length, 32% in. 
Model No. 4 

Weights from 37 to 41 oz. Length, 33 in. 
Model No. 5 

Weights from 37 to 41 oz. Length, 34 in. 
Model No. 6. 

Weights from 43 to 47 oz. Length, 34 in. 




Spalding Black Diamond Bat 



This bat is of same quality as our Gold Medal "Players' Autograph" and "All-Star" Model Bats, and is 
furnished in the most popular models. The special finish which we use on this one grade is a similar prepa- 
ration to that which many professional players rub on their own bats to temper them, and has a tendency 
to darken the color of the wood. . «■» No. lOOD. Each, $1.00 

CORRESPONDENCE— If you wish any particular model bat, and will describe the bat you require, the length, weight and lull 
description o( same, and address any of our branch stores, the matter will be taken up, with the hope of furnishing our customers 
with the exact model and style and weight of bal they require. This will come under our special "Players' Model" Bat 
Department. This entire department is looked after by the manager of our Professional League Base Ball Department, who is. familiar 
with most of the types of models used by the leading players, and to whom will be referred any unusual model. At least Iwt* 
weeks' time is required to make bats after customer's own model. 



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Spalding Trade-Mark Bats 




75 80M 60W 50T 50 

Spalding Men's Bats 

No. 60T. Taped "League," Ash, extra quality, 
special finish. . . . Each. BOc. 

No. 60. "League," Ash, plain handle. BOc. 

No. 35T. Taped "City League," finest straight 

;rrainedash Each, 36c. 

Mo. 25. "City League," plain handle. " 26c. 



Spalding Becord Bat puin on Finisb 

Made from the most popular models, finished in 
rough and ready style, with no polish— simply 
the plain oil finish. Packed one dozen in a crate 
(assorted lengths from 30 to .35 inches and 
weights from 36 to 42 ounces), as nearly as pos- 
sible in the following proportion : f 



LENGTHS 


WEIGHTS 


1-30 Inch. 2-33 Inch. 


1-36 Oz. 2-39 Oz. 


1-31 Inch. 4-34 Inch. 


1-37 Oz. 4-40-41 Oz. 


2-32 Inch. 2-35 Inch. 


2-38 Oz. 2-41-42 Oz. 



These lengths mid weights are given approxi- 
nmtily andasa i"ide the shortest lengths will bt 

the lightest weights. 
The Record Bat is especially recommended for 

club use, including college and school teams. 
No. 7 6. Plain Oil Finish. Each, 7 5c. 

Spalding Mushroom Bat JV« en i , ! d ieo» 

The Knob Arrangement at end of bat enables 
us to get a more 
even distribution 
of weight over the 
whole length than 
is possible under 
the old construc- 
tion, making it for 
certain kinds of 
play practically in- 
valuable, and as 
an all around bat 
we have received 
many letters from 
prominent profes- 
sionals testifying 
to their apprecia- 
tion of the good 
points in its con- 
struction. Best 
qualityof air-dried 
timber used, and 
every one care- 
fully tested before 
leaving factory. 

No. 60M. 

Spalding Mush- 
room Bat, plain, 
special finish 
Each, 60c. 



Special Bat for 
"Fungo" Hitting 

No. 50W. "Willow." 
light weight, full size Bat, 
plain handle Ea..50c. 



Bold bat properly and strike 
the ball with the grain. Don't 
blame the manufacturer lor a 
break which occurs through 
abuse or improper use. 



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60B. "Boys' Record," same finish, quality and 




2SBT 10B 

models as the Record, but shorter lengths and proportionate weights. Each, 60c . 
No. 26B. "Junior League." Plain; extra quality ash, spotted burning. _ 26c. 
No. 26BT. Taped "Junior League." Tape wound handle, special finish.. 26c. 
No. I OB. "Boys' Leatrue" Bat, good quality ash, varnished. I Oc, 



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Spalding Base Ball Catchers' Mitts 



SPALDING 



World Series ^.r 1 Catchers' Mitt 

No. 10-0 




Palrnted Jan 9. 1*06 I Sept. 28. 1908; March SO. 1909. and Inclndln* Kins Patent Padding Patented June 38. 1810. 

This is the style mitt that actually won the "World 
Series " It is made with the patented Molded Face, and 
is modeled after the ideas of the greatest base ball catch- 
ers in the country who have tested it out thoroughly 
and pronounce it in every respect the most perfect 
Catchers' Mitt ever put out for the Professional Player 
—the man whose livelihood depends upon his success 
on the playing field and who is, therefore, vitally inter- 
ested in obtaining playing equipment that will really 
be an aid to him in the game. 

Patent felt padding, hand stitched, arranged so that 
it may be adjusted readily to suit the individual wishes 
of the player. Leather is finest selected calfskin, picked 
out particularly for this style mitt. Patent laced back; 
metal eyelets; leather strap and brass buckle fastening. 
Felt lined strap and heel of hand piece. 
World Series" (Professional) Catchers' Mitt. . Each, $8.00 

SPALDING 

" Three-and-Out " 

Catchers' Mitt 

Patented January S, 18081 September 38. 1808: March 80. 1808. 

This mitt has the patented Molded Face and the hand-- 
formed pocket, padded correctly and according to the 
ideas of the best catchers on the big League teams. 
Material throughout is best obtainable and we select 
for the face only leather which is perfectly tanned, be- 
cause of the peculiar stretching and molding process 
which enables us to produce a perfect "pocket" with 
no seams or rough places ot any kind on the face. 
Padded with best hair felt; patent laced back; metal 
eyelets; leather strap and brass buckle fastening. 

No. 9-0. "Three-and-Out" Catchers' Mitt. Each, $8.00 

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Spalding 

"Perfection" 

Catchers' 

Mitt 



Patented 
I. 1906. Sept. 19. 1908. 
March 30. 1909 




Made of best quality brown 
calfskin throughout; 
patent combination molded 
face ; patent hand formed 
padding of best hair felt, 
making a perfect pocket 
without any breaking in ; 
leather laced back and 
thumb; strap-and-buckle 
fastening. 

No. 7-0 
Each, $6.00 



Spalding 
Collegiate " Catchers' Mitt 



Molded Face 



Pal. Jan. 2. 1*K. S<pl. ». 190". March W. 1M* 




No. 6-0. kade of special olive colored leather, 
excellent quality, perfectly tanned to enable us to 
produce the necessary "pocket" with an abso- 
lutely smooth surface on face; hand formed felt 
padding; leather laced back and thumb ; strap- 
and-buckle fastening.. Each, $5.00 



Spalding 
League Extra" Catchers' Mitt 



Pal. Sept. 19. 1908. March JO, 1909 




No. 6-0. Special drab tanned- buck, very soft 
and pliable, patent hand formed felt padding; 
strap-and-buckle fastening at back; reinforced 
and laced at thumb, and made with our patent 
laced back. Each, $4.00 



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Spalding 
Decker Patent ' 
Catchers' Mitts 



^o. 3-0. Good quality black calf- 
skin : patent laced back, reinforced 
ind laced at thumb. Strap-and- 
juckle fastening at back. Heavy 
jiece of sole leather on back for 
;xtra protection to the fingers. 
Each. S3.50 





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OR Mitts 



No. OR. Made of durable black 
leather and equipped with patented 
heavy sole leather finger protector 
on back, strap -and -buckle fasten- 
ing, reinforced and laced at thumb: 
patent laced back. Each, 92.50 



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FOR LEFT HANDED PLAYERS SPECIFY "FULL RIGHT." 




Spalding "Interstate" 
Catchers' Mitt 

No. O. Professional size model. 
Made of selected brown grain 
leather, well padded; strap-and 
buckle fastening; reinforced and 
laced at thumb; patent laced 
back. . . Each, $3.00 



Spalding "Inter-City" 
Catchers' Mitt 

No. OA. Made with brown grain 
leather face and special green 
leather sides and back; strap- 
and-buckle fastening; reinforced 
and laced at thumb; patent laced 
back. Each, $2.60 




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£J 



SEMI-PRO" CATCHERS' MITT 




Black leather; strap-and-buckle fastening ; rein- 
forced and laced at thumb ; patent laced back. 
No. IR. Each, S2.00 
dQ = 



SPALDING 



'ATHLETIC" CATCHERS' MITT 




Made with smoked horse hide, face and finger piece 

correctly padded, reinforced and laced at thumb; 

patent laced back; strap-and-buckle fastening. 

No. IS. Each, S2.00 







SPALDING 
BACK-STOP" CATCHERS' MITT 




Good quality special tanned buff colored leather 
face and finger piece; correctly padded; strap-and- 
buckle fastening; reinforced and laced at thumb: 
patent laced back. 
No IC. Each, 8I.6O 



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SPALDING 
ASSOCIATION" MITT 




Men's size. Special black smooth tanned leather 
face, back and finger-piece; correctly padded; re- 
inforced and laced at thumb; strap-and-buckle 
fastening at back. 
No. 2R. Each, S I .OO 



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PLAYERS SPECIFY 



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• FULL RIGHT." 



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Spalding 
"Foul Tip" Mitt 

Half Laced Back 
Strap-and-bncklc fastening 

No. 2C. Men's size. Oak 
tanned leather, face and finger 
piece correctly padded ; rein- 
forced and laced at thumb; 
back made in popular half laced 
style. Each, $I.OO 

Spalding "Club" Mitt 

Patent Laced Back 
Strap-and-buckle fastening 

No. 2A. Men's size. White 
buck face, back and finger- 




padded to form perfect pocket; reinforced, laced at thumb. Each, SI.OO 



Spalding 
"Youths' League" Mitt 

Patent Laced Back 

No. 2B. Youths' full size. Pearl colored 
special smooth tanned leather face and 
finger piece, correctly padded ; strap- 
and-buckle fastening. Each, $ I .OO 

Spalding 
"Interscholastic" Mitt 

No.3R. Large size. Good quality black 
smooth leather throughout ; reinforced 
and laced it thumb. Each. 7 5c. 




Spalding 
Public School 



Mitt 




No. 4. Large size. Improved style. 
Face, finger piece and back special 
tanned buck; heavily padded; rein- 
forced and laced at thumb. Ea. , 50o . 



Spalding 
Boys' Amateur 1 



Mitt 




No. 4R 



No. 4R. Junior size; black smooth 
leather face and back ; white leather 
side strip; well padded; reinforced 
and laced at thumb. Each. 50c. 



Spalding 
Boys' Delight' 



Mitt 




No. 5 



ALL STYLES ON THIS PAGE MADE IN RIGHTS AND LEFTS. 



No. 5. Improved style. Face, 
finger piece and back made of 
special tanned buck; laced thumb; 
well padded. Each, 25c. 

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Spalding Baseme n's Mitts 

"WORLD SERIES" 
PROFESSIONAL MODELS 



Special Proiessional Model 

Patented June 28, 1910. 




Larger in area than our No. AX 
and made with patented King 
Padding so that the amount and 
position of the padding may be 
adjusted readily by the player to 
suit himself. Made of finest qual- 
ity white tanned leather through- 
out; leather lacing; strap-and- 
buckle fastening. Leather strap 
support at thumb. 
No. AXP. Each. S4.00 

Spalding "League Special r 
- No. A)L Basemen's Mitt 




Made of absolutely finest quality 
white tanned buckskin, face, back 
and lining; leather lacing all 
around; strap-and-buckle fasten- 
ing. Leather strap at thumb.. 
No. AX. Each, $4.00 



It is in the Spalding Base- 
men's Mitts that the full 
advantages of the special 
"molded face" feature can 
be seen and appreciated. 
These mitts, which from 
the very moment they are 
put into play should adapt 
themselves to the conform- 
ation of the hand, cannot 
be simply slapped together 
without regard to shape. 
The leather in the face 
must first of all be rqost 
carefully selected, and only 
the very best portions 
picked out for the peculiar 
stretching and molding 
process which goes so far 
towards making Spalding 
Basemen's Mitts the per- 
fect articles they are. Then 
the padding must be shaped 
properly by hand to form 
the necessary "pocket" 
and after that the' other 
special features, only found 
in our goods, must be added, 
in order to make them 
worthy to bear the Spald- 
ing Trade-Mark. 

ALL STYLES MADE IN 

RIGHTS AND LEFTS. 

WHEN ORDERING FOR LEFT 

HANDED PLAYERS 

SPECIFY " FULL RIGHT." 



Special Proiessional Model 

Patented June 28. 1910. 




Slightly larger model than No. 
BXS but made regularly with less 
padding. The padding is arranged 
according to the King Patent, per- 
mitting the player to adjust posi- 
tion and amount of padding to 
suit his individual ideas. Made 
of finest quality selected calfskin 
throughout; leather lacing; strap- 
and-buckle fastening. Leather 
strap support at thumb. 
No. BXP. Each, S4.00 
Spalding "League Special" 
No. BXS Basemen's Mill 




Made of finest selected brown 
calfskin, face, back and lining; 
leather lacing all around; strap- 
and-buckle fastening. Leather 
strap at thumb. e 

No. BXS. Each, S4.00 



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Spalding Basemen's Mitts 



Spalding "Professional' 
Basemen's Mitt 




4o. CO 



[ade of very durable olive calf- 
tin, face, back and lining. Cor- 
sctly padded and leather laced all 
■ound and at thumb. Strap-and- 
buckle fastening. 
No. CO. Each, S3. 00 



Spalding "Amateur" 
Basemen's Mitt 




No. CXS 



len's size. Made of special 
inned brown grained leather, 
lorrectly padded; laced all around 
nd at' thumb. Strap-and-buckle 
fastening. 
No. CXS. Each, $2.00 



Spalding •• Semi-Pro" 
Basemen's Mitt 




No. CX 



Face of specially tanned slate- 
color leather, back of firm tanned 
brown leather, laced all around 
and at thumb ; extra well padded 
at wrist and thumb. Strap-and- 
buckle fastening. 
No. CX. Each, S2.50 




Men's size. Made of oak tanned 
specially selected leather, laced 
all around and at thumb. Strap- 
and-buckle fastening. Very easy 
fitting and nicely padded. 
No. DX. Each, $1.50 



Spalding "Amateur" 
Basemen's Mitt (Black) 




Made with black calfskin face, 
black leather back and lining. 
Properly padded; laced all around 
and at thumb. Strap-and-buckle 
fastening. 
No. CXR. Each, $2.00 




Made of good quality black smooth 
leather, laced all around and at 
thumb. Suitably padded and will 
give very good service. Strap- 
and-buckle fastening. 
No. EX. Each, SI. 00 



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SPALDING FIELDERS' MITTS 



Spalding "Professional' 
Fielders' Mitt 




No. 5F 



Made of specially tanned drab 
leather, well padded with fine 
felt ; leather lined and carefully 
sewed and finished ; laced thumb. 
Strap-and-buckle fastening. 
No. 5F. Each, S2.00 



Spalding "Amateur" 
Fielders' Mitt (Black) 




No. 8F 



Good quality black tanned smooth 
leather, well padded; leather lined; 
reinforced and laced at thumb. 
Strap-and-buckle fastening* 
No. 8F. Each, 8 I .OO 
ALL STYLES MADE 



Spalding "Serai-Pro' 
Fielders' Mitt 




No. 61 



Face made of white tanned buck- 
skin, brown leather back; leather 
lined; laced thumb. Constructed 
throughout in a most substantial 
manner. Strap-and-buckle fas- 
tening. 
No. 6F. Each, 8 I. CO 



Spalding "League Jr. 
Fielders' Mitt 



I 



No. 9F 



Very popular boys' mitt. Made 

of oak tanned smooth leather, 

well padded; reinforced and laced 

at thumb. 

No. 9F. Each, SOc. 

RIGHTS AND LEFTS. WHEN ORDERING FOR LEFT HANDED PLAYERS 

SPECIFY "FULL RIGHT." "• I 



Spalding "Amateur' 
Fielders' Mitt 




No. 7F 



Face of a good quality pearl col- 
ored leather, with olive leather 
back, well padded and leather 
lined ; reinforced and laced at 
thumb. Strap-and-buckle fas- 
tening. 
No. 7F. Each, 8I.OO 



Spalding "Boys' 
Favorite" Fielders' Mitt 




No. 10 F 



Made of special tanned white lea* 
ther, well padded and substan- 
tially made; laced at thumb. 
No. I OF. Each, 25c 



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Spalding "League Extra'* Pitchers' 
and Basemen's Mitt 

Made especially for Pitchers, and a very 
satisfactory style also for Basemen ; in 
fact, this is the nearest approach to an 
around base ball mitt that has ever 
been put out. Made with face of special 
quality white buck, and the balance of 
mitt with special brown calfskin. Cor- 
rectly padded and without hump. Laced 
all around and at thumb. Strap-and- 
buckle fastening. 

No. IF. Each, $3.50 




Spalding "League Special" Fielders 9 Mitts 




The easiest, most pliable and 
best made fielders' mitt ever 
made. Molded brown calf- 
skin face; extra full thumb, 
laced; leather lined. Strap- 
and-buckle fastening 
No. 2F. Each. S3.00 




This mitt is made of specially 
tanned black calfskin: pad- 
ded with best felt ; rein- 
forced and laced at thumb; 
leather lined. Strap-and- 
buckle fastening 
No. 3F. Each, S3.00 




Made of the very best and 
softest white tanned buck- 
skin; the thumb and at wrist 
is extra well padded; laced 
thumb; leather lined. Strap, 
andbuckle fastening. 
No. 4F. Each, S3.00 



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It is often very hard to express in 
words the reasons why one article 
■which does not look so very dif- 
ferent J from another is yet far 
superior as regards its playing 
qualities. This is so with our 
No. AA1 glove. It is the same 
model as used by the men who 
bore the brunt of the playing in 
the World Series, as it includes in 
its construction their practical 
ideas as champion ball players. 
Made especially for professional 
players, men who must have the 
best thing for the purpose. Finest 
quality buckskin, very little pad- 
ding, and that in just the right 
prace. Leather lined throughout.. 
No. AA1. Each, 84. OO 



Spalding " Professional' 
Infielders' Glove 

(Full Leather Lined) 




Buckskin used in this glove is the 
finest obtainable. Heavily padded 
around edges and little finger. 
Made extra long to protect the 
wrist Leather lined throughout. 
1 No. PXL. Each, $3.50 



Spalding 
"World Scries" 

PROFESSIONAL MODELS 

Infielders' Gloves 



A 11 gloves described on this page are 
made regularly with Web of lea- 
ther between Thumb and First 
Finger, which can be cut out very 
easily if not required. 




ILLUSTRATING DIVERTED SEAMS 

All Spalding Infielders' Gloves are 

made with our patented diverted seam 

between fingers, adding considerably 

to the durability of the gloves. 

Patented Mar. lO, 1908 



Spalding "Professional Jr.' 
Infielders' Glove 

(Full Leather Lined) 




Youths' professional style. Of 
selected velvet tanned buckskin. 
Material, workmanship and style 
same as No. PXL men's size 
glove. Leather li ned throughout. 
No. PBL. Each, $2.60 




Patented Jane 38. 1910 

Professional Model. This glove 
includes the famous King Patent 
lacing and adjustable padding, 
making it possible for a player to 
arrange the amount and position 
of the padding to suit Ms indi- 
vidual ideas. As we make this 
glove it is really two complete 
gloves, one inside the other. It 
has been highly praised by some 
of the greatest players on the 
diamond to-day who use this 
style glove exclusively in all their 
games. Finest quality buckskin. 

Leather lined throughout. 

No. BB1. Each, S4.00, 
I I 

Spalding "League Extra'* 
Infielders' Glove 

(Full Leather Lined) 




Finest quality black calfskin. 
Material and workmanship, also 
general design similar to No. PXL. 
Highest quality infielders' glove. 
Leather lined throughout. 
,No. RXL. Each, $3.6£r 



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All the Gloves described below are made regularly with Web of Leather between Thumb and First Finger, which can be cut 

out very easily if not required. All Spalding Infielders' Gloves are made with our diverted seam (PATENTED MARCH 10. 

19081 between fingers, adding considerably to the durability of the gloves. 



Spalding "League Special* 
Infielders* Glove 

Foil Leather Lined 




Made tnroughout of specially 
tanned calfskin. Padded with 
bestquality felt. Made extra long 
to protect wrist. Highest quality 
workmanship throughout. Lea- 
ther lined throughout 
No. XWL. Each. S3.00 



Spalding "Semi- Pro" 
Infielders' Clove 




Made of good quality gray buck 

tanned leather This is a large 

model. Correctly padded and 

very popular. Welted seams. 

No. 3X. Each, $2.00 



Spalding "Inter-City' 
Infielders' Glove 

Fall Leather Lined 




This is a professional style glove, 
made with specially padded little 
finger, and extra large thumb, 
welted seams. Made of good 
quality black calf. Leather lined 
throughout. 
No. 2XR. Each, $2.50 



Spalding "Association 1 
Infielders' Glove 

Foil Leather Lined 




Good quality olive tanned leather, 
nicely padded and leather lined 
throughout, with inside hump; 
welted seams. Very good value. 
No. 4X. Each, $2.00 



Spalding " Internationa] 
Infielders' Glove 

Full Leather Lined 




Made of special quality smoked 
horse hide , professional style, 
with specially padded little finger 
and extra large thumb ; welted 
seams. A very practical glove. 
Leather lined throughout. 
No. 2Y. Each, $2.50 



Spalding "Amateur" 
Infielders' Glove 




Good quality black tanned leather, 

correctly padded and extra large 

thumb; welted seams. Well made 

throughout. 

No. 3XR. Each, S2.00 



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Spalding Infielder s' Gloves 

All the Gloves described below are wade regularly with web of leather between 
thumb and first finger, which can be cut out very easily if not required. 

All Spalding Infielder*' Gloves are made with our patented diverted seam PATENTED MARCH 10, 1908) between 
fingers, adding considerably to the durability of the gloves. 



SPALDING 

"Match" 

Infielders' Glove 




No. I I . Full size professional 
style glove; made throughout of 
special tanned buff colored lea- 
ther, welted seams ; correctly 
padded. Each, SI .60 



SPALDING 

"Club Special" 
Infielders* Glove 





Leather Lined 




iHLJS^x 








S ^1 ' 


Nc 


■ XL ff. •^S'^y 



No. XL. Made of special white 
tanned leather, correctly padded 
on professional model ; welted 
seams; leather lined. 

Each, $1 .50 



SPALDING 

" Champion " 
Infielders' Glove 




No. XR. Full size black leather 
glove; professional model; prop- 
erly padded ; welted seams. A 
very popular glove. 

Each, SI .60 



SPALDING 

"Practice" 
Infielders' Glove 



SPALDING 

" Regulation " 
Infielders' Glove 



SPALDING 

" Regulation " 
Infielders' Glove 




Leather Lined 



Leather Lined 





No. XS. Men's size glove. Made 
of good quality white velvet 
tanned leather; well finished, 
welted seams; inside hump. 

Each, SI .25 



No. 1 6. Men's size glove. 
Brown tanned leather, correctly 
padded and 'well made; jjalm 
leather lined. 

Each, S 1 .00 



No. 1 5R. Men's size. Made 
of good quality black tanned lea- 
ther, padded, with inside hump; 
palm leather lined. 

Each, Si.OO 



ALL STYLES MADE IN RIGHTS AND LEFTS. WHEN ORDERING FOR LEFT HANDED 
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SPALDING INFIELDERS GLOVES 

All the Gloves described below are made regularly with web of leather between thumb and first finger, which 
can be cut out very easily if not reqinred. 

All Spalding Infielders'Glovesare made with our patented 
diverted seam (PATENTED MARCH 10, 1908' between 
fingers, adding considerably to the durability of the gloves. 

Spalding "Boys' Special" Intielders* Glove 

Full Leather Lined 

No. XB. Boys' professional style ; good quality 
special tanned white leather, welted seams ; leather 
lined throughout. . Each, SI.OO 

Public School" Infielders' Glove 

Leather Lined 

No. I 2. Full size, white tanned leather, correctly 
padded; inside hump; palm leather lined. Ea. 75c. 



Spalding 




Spalding "League Jr." 




Men's size. Black smooth 
tanned leather, lightly pad- 
ded, but extra long ; palm 
leather lined. 
No. I2R. Each, 7 5c. 



Spalding "Junior' 
Intielders' Glove \°*\ 





lb 


5 


1 


No. 16 "«-— "J 


^_-— 



Full size, white chrome tan- 
ned leather, lightly padded, 
but extra long ; palm 
leather lined. 
No. I 6. Each. 60c. 



Spalding "Youths'" 
Infielders' Glove 




Good size, special brown 

smooth tanned leather, 

nicely padded, and inside 

hump. 

No. 17. Each, 50c. 



Spalding " Boys' Amateur " 
Intielders' Glove Leath L 1 nea 



Spalding "Boys' Own' 
Intielders' Glove Leath L T^ 



Spalding " Boys' Favorite ' 






Youths' professional style. 
Special tanned white leather, 
correctly padded, and inside 
hump; palm leather lined. 
No. 14. Each, 50c. 



Made of oak tanned leather, 
correctly padded; palm lea- 
ther lined. 
No. 18. Each, 25c. 



Special tanned white leather, 
lightly padded and has in- 
side hump ; palm leather 
lined. 
No. I 9. Each, 25c. 



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SPALDINGTBASE^BALL; MASKS 






Spalding "World Series"* Mask ^ 

r „, Patent Appued Fob , . , . *-- » 

No. 7-0. This mask possesses a combination of 
good points that are not equalled in any other style. 
The frame is of specially annealed steel wire, extra 
heavy and black finish. Each joining of wires is care- 
fully reinforced and then heavily soldered. The 
padding is of the most comfortable "continuous" 
style ever put in a base ball mask, all hair-filled and 
leather covered. , Improved patent elastic head 
strap. ^ . 4^1 | |^i 0i_iJtfHi0 Each, 96.00 

• Spalding "Special Soldered" Mask; j 

No. 6-0. Each crossing of the wires very heavily, 
soldered. Extra heavy wire frame, black finished;! 
continuous padding on sides, special forehead pad 
and molded leather chin-piece; special elastic head-' 
band and detachable cloth sun-shade. Each, $4,00 

"f Spalding "Sun Protecting" Mask *■«* 

No. 4-0. With patent molded leather sun-shade, 
protecting the eyes without obstructing the view. 
Made throughout of finest steel wire, extra heavy 
black finish. Fitted with molded leather chin-strap, 
improved design; hair-filled pads, including forehead 
pad and special elastic head-band. Each, 84. OO 

<* Spalding "Neck Protecting" Mask m 

No. 3-0. The neck protecting arrangement affords 
positive protection to the neck. Finest steel wire, 
extra heavy and black finish, hair-filled pads and 
special elastic head-strap. ■••;,, «* Each, S3.SO 

Spalding "Semi-Pro" League Mask £ 

No. O-P. Extra heavy best black annealed steel 
wire. Special continuous side pads, leather covered, 
hair-filled; special forehead pad;, molded leather 
chin-strap; elastic head-band. ., . Each, 08.00 

Spalding "Regulation League" Masks 

No. 2-0. Extra heavy best black annealed steel 
wire. Hair-filled padding of improved design, in- 
cluding forehead pad, and molded leather chin-strap; 
special elastic head-band. Each, $2.00 

No. 0-X. Men's size, heavy soft annealed steel 
wire, finished in black. Improved leather covered 
pads, including forehead pad 

and molded 

leather chinr 
strap. 

Each, $1 .60 






Spalding 
Umpires' Mask 
No. 6-0. 

With neck 
protecting 
. . attachment 
M and a special 
ear protection, 
nicely padded. Safest' 
and most con- 
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Spalding 
Men's 

Amateur 
Mask 

No. A. Men's 
black enam- 
eled steel 
wire, leather 
overed pads, forehead pad and 
lolded chin-strap, lEach, 8 I .OO 





Spalding 
Boys' 

Amateur 
Mask 



No. B. Youths', 
black enameled 
No. i steel wire, and 

similar in quality throughout to 
No. A, but smaller in size. 

•Each, $ I .OO 




Spalding 
Youths' 
Masks 




No.C. Black ] 

enameled, 
No. c padscovered No. o 
with leather, wide elastic head-strap, 
leather strap-and-buckle.^Each, 50c . 
No. D. Black enameled. Smaller in 
size than No. C. A substantial mask 
for boys. . . Each, 25c. 



SPALDING INFLATED BODY PROTECTORS 

•Jo.4-0. "World Series" Model. Extra strong tan covering, bound edges. Inflated body, 
itted with special shoulder padding (Patent applied for) and special body strap. Full size; 
Jsed by catchers in the National, American and other leagues. Each, 8 I O.OO 
$0. 3-0. "Intercollegiate." Covering of special imported material. Inflated. 

i'ull size - . • Each, 89. OO 

No. 2-0. "Minor League." 
Cover of durable material 
Made in best possible manner 
Inflated. Full size. Ea.,87.50 
No. O. "City League." 
Slightly narrower than No. 2-0. 
Covering of durable material. 
Inflated. > . 'Each, 85. OO 
No. I . "Amateur." Same 
size as No. 0. Brown, special 
quality covering. Inflated. 
Each, 84. OO 
No.M, 




ROGER BRESNAHAN 
WEARING SPALDING LEG GUARDS 



Spalding Leg 
Guards for Base 
Ball Catchers 

As supplied to Roger 
Bresnahan.manager- 
catcher of St. Louis 
National League 
Club, and to other promi- 
nent league catchers. 
Knee guard of molded sole 
M.\ leather; leg piece padded 
\ with reeds; light and 
f^ strong; special 

ankle pads as pro- 
tection from sharp 
spikes. 
Covered 
with spe- 
cial quality 
white buck 
dressed leather. 



33. Spalding 
Catchers' Leg 

Guards * ^ 
Pair, 86.OO 





"Inter scholastic." 

Very well made. Inflated. 

Each, 83. SO 

No. 2. "Youths'." Good size. 

Inflated. Each, S3.00 

Spalding 
Umpires' Body Protectors 

No. L. Inflated; large size, 
best quatityj Each, 8 I O.OO 
Give length tind width required 
when ordering Umpires' body 
protectors. 



palding Leather Abdomen Protector 

Heavy sole leather, 
well padded with 
quilted lining and 
non-elastic bands, 
with buckles at 
side and elastic at 
back. For boxing, 
hockey, foot ball, 
tc. No other supporter necessary 
nth this style. No. S. Each, 83. OO 




Spalding 
Aluminum 
Abdomen 
Protector 

Aluminum, 
edges well 
padded with 
rubber. Elas- 
tic cross bands 
and belt. No. 3. Each. 8 3. 6 O 




Spalding Wire Abdomen Protector 

Heavy wire, well 
padded with woo) 
fleece and chamois. 
Leather belt, straps 
forfastening. Used 
with any of our reg- 
ular supporters or 
suspensories, f 
Each, 82.00 v 




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Spalding Base Ball Shoes 




No. 30-S 
Sprinting 



Showing Solr ol Not. 30-S »nd F-W Sh<*« 



Sizes and Weights of 
Spalding Featherweight 
Base Ball Shoes 



hoc Ever Made 

ze of Shoe 
S 



No. FW 

Featherweigh 




Spalding Sprinting Base Ball Shoe 

Selected kangaroo leather and built on our famous 
running shoe last. This shoe is strongly made, and, 
while extremely light in weight, will be found sub- 
stantial in construction. Hand sewed and a strictly 
bench made shoe. Rawhide thong laces. 
No. 30-S. Pair, S7.00 



Spalding "Featherweight" Base Ball Shoe 

Owing to the lightness and fineness of this shoe, it is 
suitable only for the fastest players, but as a lighl 
weight durable shoe for general use we recommend 
No. 30-S. Hand sewed and a strictly bench made shoe, 
Rawhide thong laces. 
No. FW. Per pair, 87. OO 




No. O 

Spalding: Club Special 

Carefully selected satin calfskin, 
machine sewed, very substantially 
constructed, and a first-class shoe 
in every particular. Steel plates 
. riveted to heel and sole. 
No. O. Per pair, SB.OO 
Juvenile Base Ball Shoes 



Spalding Amateur Special 

Made of good quality calfskin, ma- 
chine sewed; a serviceable and 
durable shoe, and one we can 
specially recommend. Plates riv- 
eted to heel and sole. 
No. 36. Per pair, S3.50 
Made on special boys' size lasts; 



Spalding Junior 

A leather shoe, made on regulai 

base ball shoe last. Plates rivetet 

to heel and sole. An excelleni 

shoe for the money, but nol 

Guaranteed. 

No. 37. Per pair. S2.50 

similar to those that we use in oui 



regular men's shoes. The shoes are made in the Spalding Factory and in exactly the same careful manner a! 
our regular line of men's shoes. Good quality material throughout and steel plates. 

No. 38. Furnished in boys' sizes, 12 to 5, inclusive, only. Per pair, 82. OO 
SPECIAL NOTICE. We recommend for use on base ball shoes to keep the leather pliable and In good condition 
even when shoes are used daring wet weather. "Snalrllne Wateroroof Oil for Athletic Shoes.*' Per can. 25 Cents 



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Spalding Bat 
Bags 

No. 2. Heavy 
waterproof can- 
vas, leather re- 
iforced at ends; holds 12 bats. .Each, S3. SO 

0.3. Same as above; to hold 6 bats. •" 2.00 

individual Bat ■ ■ ■ ^ 




o. O I . Good quality heavy Leather Bat Bag, for 
vo bats; used by most league players. 

, " Each, S4.00 * $1,2.00 Doz. 

o. 02. Heavy waterproof canvas; leather cap at 
>th ends. . Each, $ I .60 * $1 6.00 Doz. 

o. 03. Heavy canvas; leather cap at one end. 

._.. .* Each. S 1 .00 * $10.50 Doz. 

Spalding 

Special 

Club Bat Bag 




<j ' ifffiBaBB i 

ngthvviseand heavy leatherends. Holds 26 to30 bat: 
d. 8. Spalding Special Club Bat Bag. $ I 2.00 



leavy canvas with 
strong reinforcing 
straps running 




Spalding Uniform Bags 

Convenientroll for 

packing uniforms 

in a manner which 

will not wrinkle 

and soil them; with 

compartments for 

shoes, etc. 

No. 2. Bag leather; well made. Each S6.00 

No. I. Best heavy canvas; leather bound, double 

leather shawl strap and handle. ' " Each S3.00 

No. 6. Brown canvas roll; leather straps and 
Each. SI .50 
No 6. Com- 
bined Uniform 
and Bat Bag. 
Style similar to regu- 
lar uniform bags, but 
furnished with extra 
compartment to carry 
one bat. Best canvas. 
Each, S4.00 

No. 4. Individual Uniform Bag. 

Best quality brown canvas; two 

leather handles; strap-and-buckle 

fastenings. Holds suit, shoes and 

other necessary articles. - $2 . 50 




Lettering on any of above bag* extra. 
Prices on Application. 





Spalding League Club Bat Bag 

For league clubs particularly; a special bag of extra heavy sole leather, 
riveted, reinforced leather ends; fastened with three heavy brass harness 
buckles, one with lock to secure while traveling. Extra heavy leather 
handle at each end for carrying; 14 inches in diameter; will hold three 
dozen full size bats. Just the thing for clubs with schedules requiring 
any amount of traveling. No.7. Spalding League Club Bat Bag. S30.00 






Spalding 
Pitchers' Box Plates 

No. 3. Made in accordance 
with National League regu- 
lations and of extra quality 
white rubber. Complete 
with pins Each, S7.50 

No. 2. Composition material, 

pitchers' box plate. Complete 

with pins. '„- , Each, S4.00 

Rubber Home Plates 

No. I . In accordance with 

National League regulations. 

Extra quality white rubber. 

Complete with pins 9 I O.OO 
No. C. Composition material home plate, regulation 
sizeandshape. Complete with pins. Each, S5.00 

Spalding Foul Flags Made of bunting, 18x24 
inches; any color; one letter stitched on each side. 



Spalding Base Ball Bases 

Complete with straps and spikes 
No. O. League Club Bases, 
filled, extra quality canvas ; 
quilted- Set of 3, $6. OO 
No. I . Canvas Bases, filled, 
well made; not quilted. 

Set of 3, SB.OO 
No. 2. Canvas; filled, ordi- 
nary quality. Set of 3, $3. 60 
No. 4. Unfilled Canvas Bases, 
laced so that they may be 
filled with sand or other 
material. Complete with can- 
vas straps. Set of 3, S I .OO ?9 




Extra Straps and Spikes 

Straps for Nos. and 1 Bases. Ea. , 6 O c . 
Straps for No. 2 Bases. . " 40c. 
Spikes for Nos. and 1 Bases. " lOc. 
Spikes for No. 2 Bases. . " 6c. 



Complete with 7-foot spear-head staff. Ea., $ 1 .60 
rvrices printed in italics opposite items marked with ir will be quoted only on orders for one-half dozen or 
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Spalding Base Ball Uniforms 

For more than thirty years A. G. Spalding & Bros, have been 
making base ball clothing, and in that time have accumulated a 
superior knowledge of the requirements of the base ball player, so 
that Spalding Uniforms possess an advantage that even the wearer 
himself is unable to describe. He simply knows that the uniform 
fits him correctly and as an athletic outfit should, giving him per- 
fect freedom in all his movements and yet looking trim and neat; 
and he knows also that the outfit is well made and of good material, 
because it wears like iron and hd can generally use it two seasons. 
SpaMin? Base Ball Uniforms and Equipment are used universally 
by all the principal Professional and Amateur Base Ball Teams in 

every country where Base Ball is played. 
Complete set of sample cards showing swatches of various colors 
and qualities of material that we actually furnish in our Base Ball 
Uniforms, will be mailed on application to any team, together 
with measurement blank and full instructions for measuring 
players for uniforms. 



To (he best clubs we are now sop- 
plying regularly . shirts with three- 
qoarler sleeves, but we will lurnish 
without extra charge, either hall, 
lull or detachable sleeves. No extra 
charge lor lettering shins with 
name ol club. Extra charge lor all 
lettering on caps. 



SPALDING "WORLD SERIES" UNIFORM 
No. O- Highest Grade Made 

COLORS : Navy Stripe, Green Stripe, White, Bine Gray, Brown Gray, 
Dark Gray, Black, Green, Maroon, Navy Bine, Brown, and Cardinal. 

Workmanship and material in this uniform is of very highest quality throughout. Special material which 
we supply in our No. Uniform has become almost as closely identified with our concern as the Spalding 
Trade-Mark. It is of a special weave made by only one mill, to our knowledge, and is in our opinion 
really the finest piece of material ever produced for a first grade base • ball outfit. Used exclusively 
by all league and professional clubs for years past is sufficient evidence of its quality and durability. 
Spalding "World Scries" Uniform No. 0. Complete, $15.00 <t» 1 ^ rr\ 
Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. Suit, J) I ^- . J U 

Spalding "World Series"" Shirt, any style 
Spalding "World Series" Pants, any style 
Spalding "World Series" Cap, any style 
Spalding Web Belt, No. 3-0, leather lined; or. Solid Leather 

Belt, No.|4O0; Tan or Black. 
Spalding Stockings. No. 3-0. 
No. 30C Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No Extra Charge 
if desired. Special Colors Extra, 25c. per pair., 

SPALDING "LEAGUE" UNIFORM No. 1-T * - 

COLORS: White, Blue Gray, Brown Gray, Dark Gray, Black. Green, Maroon, Navy Bine, Brown, 
Cardinal, and to satisfy a special call from Army Posts, a new color. Army Olive. 

This uniform is made of a new first grade special twill material to answer the demand for a heavy 

weight uniform at a cheaper price than our No. 0. The material is of the same weight as our No. 0. 

Workmanship and finish same as in our No. 0, 

Spalding "League" Uniiorm No. 1-T. Complete, $12.50 
Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team, 
Spalding "League" Shirt, any style 
Spalding "League" Pants, any style 
Spalding "League" Cap, any style 
Spalding "League" Web Belt, No. 2; or, Solid Lea- 
, ther Belt, No. 800; Tan or Black. 
Spalding "League" Stockings, No. 1R. 
No. IRC Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No Extra Charge 
' ' if desired. Special Colors Extra, 25c. per pair. 



To the best clubs we are now sup- 
plying regularly, shirts with three- 
quarter sleeves, but we will larnish 
without extra charge, either hall, 
hill or detachable sleeves. No extra 
charge lor lettering shirts with 
name ol club. Extra charge lor all 
' lettering on caps. 



S $10.00 



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Why Spalding 
Uniforms are Best 

Because they are actually cut from measurements in the same man- 
ner as high class custom clothing, after making allowances neces- 
sary in an athletic outfit, and are not cut after block patterns 

simply to lessen manufacturing cost. 
Because we make them ourselves in our own well ventilated and 
sanitary factories, the goods never leaving our own establishment 
from the time it comes in from the mill in a pie'ce until it goes out 
a finished garment ready for the Base Ball Player to put on. 

THE INTERSCHOLASTIC UNIFORM No. 2 

COLORS: White. Blue Gray, Brown Gray, Dark Gray, Black. 
Green, Maroon, Navy Blue, Brown, and Cardinal 

Made of same grade of material as our higher priced uniforms, 

but of lighter weight. This is one of our most popular suits and 

will give the best of satisfaction. Can usually be worn two seasons. 

Interscholastic Inilorm No. 2. . Complete, $9.00 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. . . Suit, 

Interscholastic Shirt, any style 

Interscholastic Pants, any style 

Interscholastic Cap, any style 

Interscholastic Web Belt, No. 47; or, Solid 
Leather Belt, No. 725; Tan, Orange or Black. 

Interscholastic Stockings, No. 2R. 




FRANK CHANCE 

Manager of Chicago National 

League Team, winners of the 

National League Pennant. 

Outfitted Complete by 

A. G. SPALDING 4. BROS. 



$7.50 



To the best clubs we are now supplying regularly shirts 
with three-quarter sleeves, but we will furnish, without 
extra charge, either hall, lull or detachable sleeves. No 
extra charge lor lettering shirts with name ol club. 
Extra charge lor all lettering on caps. 




No. 2RC Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No Extra Charge if desired. 
Special Colors Extra, 25c. per pair. 

We have on hand a special flannel. Royal Purple, dyed particularly for teams con- 
nected with the Order of Elks. While we do not recommend that this be made up 
solid color in suits, still it makes a beautiful combination as trimming on white flannel, 
and we are making these u niforms now in that way in Nos. and 2 qualities only. 

THE MINOR LEAGUE UNIFORM No. M ww ?&!t^%^ t %Si£~ u 

This uniform, which is now in our regular line, we put out originally supplied on special order 

to some of the more prominent of the Minor League teams. It is a good quality heavy weight 

uniform, very durable and well made. 

Minor League Inilorm No. M. Complete, $9.00 d?7 CA 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. . . Suit, Cp / . J Vj 



Minor League Shirt, any style 
Minor League Pants, any style 
Minor League Cap, plain, any style 
Minor League Web Belt, No. 23; or, Solid Leather 

Belt, No. 800; Tan or Black. 
Minor League Stockings No. 1R. 

No. IRC Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No Extra Charge if desired. 
Special Colors Extra, 26c. per pair. 



To the best clubs we are now supplying regularly shirts 
with three-quarter sleeves, but we will furnish, without 
extra charge, either half, full or detachable sleeves. No 
extra charge lor lettering shirts with name of club. 
Extra charge for all lettering on caps. 



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SPALDING 

Base Ball Uniforms 

Spalding Uniforms for Amateur and Semi-Professional 
Base Ball clubs are made in the same careful manner and 
under exactly the same perfect conditions as the outfits we 
supply to the professional League Teams ; in fact, the 
Amateur Team secures the benefit of the many special 
features that we develop from time to time through constant 
association with the principal league players, little items 
of construction that do not occur to the ordinary manu- 
facturer, but which make all the difference in the world 
when it comes to actually wearing the uniforms for ball 
playing, we incorporate in our Uniforms, without extra 
charge. The amateur clubs buying Spalding Uniforms get 
the style, fit and finish of the League outfits, but at prices 
well within their means. 

THE CITY LEAGUE UNIFORM No. P 

Good quality. In neat and attractive checks, plaids and 
stripes, also in plain White. Finished like our best quality. 



Colors: White with Blue Check, 
Brownish Blue Shadow Plaid, 
Grayish Brown with Bine Stripe, 
Bluish Gray, Light Blue Plaid 
and Brown Stripe, and Plain White 



To Ihe best clubs we are now supplying 
regularly shirts with three-quarter sleeves, 
but we Hill lurnish. nithout extra charge, 
either hall, lull or detachable sleeves. No 
extra charge lor lettering shirts nilh name el 
club. Extra charge lor all lettering on caps. 



Green, and Black 



City League Uniform No. P. Complete, $7.50 d» (L f) A 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. Suit. vDU. \J\J 

The City League Shirt, any style 

The City League Pants, any style 

The City League Cap, any style 

The City League Web Belt No. 23; or, Solid 
Leather Belt No. 800; Tan or Black. 

The City League Stockings, No. 3R. 

No. 3RC Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No 
Extra Charge if desired. Special Colors Extra, 25c. per pair. 

THE CLUB SPECIAL UNIFORM No. 3 

Made of good quality flannel in a variety of very desirable patterns. Well finished and a most 

excellent outfit for amateur clubs. 
Club Special Uniform No. 3. . . Complete, $6.00 <t C HO ^°' ors U Wl>Ue ' B,ue Gray * B ™ wn 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. Suit 4> J .UU <**y> »«* Gray. Maroon. Navy. 

•The Club Special Shirt, style A 
The Club Special Pants, any style 
The Club Special Cap, any style 
The Club Special Web Belt No. 23; or, Solid 
Leather Belt No. 754; Tan, Orange or Black. 
Club Special Stockings, No. 3R. 

No. 3RC Striped Stockings in stock colors furnished at No 
Extra Charge if desired. Special Colors Extra, 25c. per pair. 

THE AMATEUR SPECIAL UNIFORM No. 4 

Made of good quality cloth, and compares favorably with uniforms of other makers quoted at a 

much higher price. Very popular with the younger base ball players. 
Amateur Special Inilorm No. 4. Complete, $5.00 &A f\f) colors: white. Light Gray, Blue 

Met price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. Suit, >P i«vU 

Amateur Special Shirt, style A 

Amateur Special Pants, padded 

Amateur Special Cap, any style 

Amateur Special Web Belt No. 4; or, Solid Lea- 
ther Belt No. 754; Tan or Orange. 

Amateur Special Stockings No. 4R. ■ ■ ? 

No; 4RC Striped Stockings furnished, if desired, at No Extra Charge, but in stock colors only, 



To the best clubs we are now supplying 
regularly shirts nilh three-quarter sleeves, 
but ive will lurnish. without extra charge, 
either hall, lull or detachable sleeves. No 
extra charge lor lettering shirts nilh name ol 
club. Extra charge lor all lettering on caps. 



Gray, Dark Gray, Maroon, 
Navy Blue, Green, and Black 



To the best clubs we are now supplying 
regularly shirts with three-quarter sleeves, 
but we will furnish, without extra charge, 
either hall, hill or detachable sleeves. No 
extra charge lor lettering shirts with name ol 
club. Extra charge lor all lettering on caps. 



PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO | 
ANY COMMUNICATIONS 

ADDRESSED TO US 



A. G.SPALDING &. BROS. 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 



FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES 

SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER 

OF THIS BOOH 



Pricei in effect January S, 191 1. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian price* tee apecial Canadian Catalogue. 



StUUHE SPALDING 




Spalding 
Junior and Youths' Uniforms 

We make a specialty of our Junior and Youths' Uniforms 
to illustrate to the young player in a practical manner 
just what we mean by our claims of superiority in uni- 
form manufacture. We use plenty of material in every 
article— nothing is skimped; tne sewing and finishing is 
carefully done, and the uniforms not only look well, tut 
they feel comfortable when put on and they give good 

service even under the roughest kind of usage. 
THE SPALDING JUNIOR UNIFORM No. 5 

COLORS: Gray, Cardinal, Navy Blue, Blue Gray, Brown Mixed, 
and White 

This uniform is made expressly for clubs composed of boys and 

youths, and will stand the hardest kind of wear. 
Spalding Junior I'nilorm No. 5. Complete, $4.00 <+» O flf^S? 

Net price to clubs ordering nine or more uniforms. Suit. Cp_2.VV/ 
Spalding Junior Shirt, style A only 
Spalding Junior Pants, padded 
Spalding Junior Web Belt, No. 4. 
Spalding Junior Cap, any style 
Spalding Junior Stockings, No. 4R 
No. 4RC Striped Stockings furnished, if desired, at No 
Extra Charge, but in stock colors only. 

THE SPALDING YOUTHS' UNIFORM No 
Spalding Youths' Uniform No. 6. Complete, (hi AA 

Very well made of good quality Gray material. <P I • \J\J 

Spalding Youths' Shirt, style A, untrimmed, button 

front; with one felt letter only 
Spalding Youths' Pants, padded only. 
Spalding Youths' Cap, styles 21 and 15 
Spalding Youths' Web Belt, No. 5. 
Spalding Youths' Stockings, No. 4R. 
No. 4RC Striped Stockings furnished, if desired, at No Extra Charge, but in stock colors only. 
SPECIAL NOTICE:- Where No. 6 Uniforms are ordered WITHOUT Stockings we supply the Shirts 
with either Solid Blue or Red Collars, and with Half Sleeves trimmed at bottom at same price as 
for regular equipment described above. 



CHRISTY MATHEWSON 
New York National League Team 
Outfitted Complete by 
G. SPALDING & BROS. / 



To Ihc l)i si dabs ue are now 
supplying regularly shirts 
tvilh three-quarter sleeves, 
bul we will lurnish without extra charge, 
either hall, lull or detachable sleeves. No extra 
charge lor lettering shirts with name ol flub. 
Extra charge lor all lettering on caps. 



No larger sizes than 30-inch 
waist and 34-inch chest fur- 
nished in this unilorm. Extra 
charge lor all lettering on 
caps. One letter only lur- 
oished on shirts. 



How to Order Base Ball Uniforms &H$S?;2S 

/^Sr^^TjX 2i*<Er5\ T° Measure for Shirt. State size of collar. Length of sleeve from shoulder to i 
^^_'?~X~Z \i \~^^\ arm raised and bent, see diagram (2 to 4). Around chest (5-5). Yoke 7 to 8. 

I To Measure for Pants. Around waist (1-1). Out-seam from waist-band to 8 inches below 
knee (2 to 4). In-seam from crotch to 8 inches below knee (5 to 6). Around hips (7-7). 
To Measure for Sack Coat. Length (1 to 2),length desired. Chest (7 to 7) under arms, 
around chest Sleeves, from center of back (3) to shoulder (4) and to wrist (5) with the 
arm raised and bent, as shown in diagram. 

Express, C. 0. D., to {Enclose 25 Per Cent, of amount with order} 

Wanted for Game, Date . 





Sack Cost 



City- 



Quality of Uniform. 
Detachable Sleeves— 



.County^. 
Color. 



State 

Style of Shirt, Lace or Button- 



JPants— Elastic or Tape Bottoms- 



.Shibt— State whether Full Length, Elbow or 
J'adding or not Style of 



.On No. 5 Caps state color of bands- 



_£elts, Leather or Web- 



-Color of Stockings- 





SHIRTS 


PANTS 


Cu 


biu 


H-. 


m- 




NAMES 


<*»« j 3 :" v i" 1 C « n I lul 


/ ^?|»?tr| , swl ™y 


REMARKS 


Bse this form In absence of special measurement blanks. Cat oat above, paste at lep ol sheet of paper and enter and measure each aaaa 
separately as Indicated by numbers £lvtn and shown In diagrams. 


PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO 1 

ANY COMMUNICALONS 

ADDRESSED TO US 


A.G.SPALDING & BROS. 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 


1 fOR COMPLETE LIST OP STORES 

SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER 

Of THIS BOOK 



Prices in effect January 5, 1911. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special Canadian Catalogue. 



&STHESNLDMG 



SUBSTITUTE 



TRADEMARK 



GUARANTEES 
QUALITY 



SPALDING'S NEW ATHLETIC GOODS CATALOGUE 

THE following selection of items from Spalding's latest Catalogue will 
eive an idea of the great variety of ATHLETIC GOODS manufac- 
tured by A. G. SPALDING & BROS. SEND FOR A FREE 
COPY. (See list of Spalding Stores on inside front cover of this book.) 



T.r . . . 

B.itulngSult 
C.ddr . . 



B 2? ?o 



Coir . . . 

Hand . . 

Hl.-dlclnc' '. 

Playground 



Water Polo 
Kail Cleoocr. Golf 
liSDdngc*, Llastlc 



n C Sultt 
•Pull . 

it; Cage. bot« Bill 
iMrr and Worsted 
"kMPnll . . . 



H 
.10 13 



Blades, Fcncinj 

Caddy Bodges 
Csps— 

Haw Ball . 



Center Forks. Iron . 
Center Strops. Cantos 
Chest Wrights . . 



Covers. Racket 
Cricket Goods 
Croquet Goods 
Cross Bars 

Discus. Olympic 



Felt Letters ; 
Frnclng Sticks 
Field Hockey 



College .... 

Rugby .... 
Foot Ball Coil NeU 
Foot Bs II Timer 
Glasses. Bast Ball Sua 



Cricket 
Ooll . 



lift i/nt-n 

Golfette . . 
Grips— 



i Hopes and Tegs 
Unas m l),.ard.'Ho 



• Cover, Kwbher . 
ro tor Indlaa Club* 
! olrrrslty 



l»r. Golf 



II. i. kr\ 

Holt r.im. OoTl 
Horse Vaulting 
Hurdle*. Safety 
Hurley Goods 
Indian Clubs . 

Foot llnll . 
Striking Bag 
Jackets — 
loot Ball' '. 



Knee Protestors . 
Knltkcrs. Foot Ball 
Lace. Foot Ball . 
Lacrosse . . . 
I.anes tor Sprints 
Lnwn Bonis . . 
Leg Guards— 

DsseUall . . 

M k I . . . 

Foot Ball . . 
Letters— 

Fmbioldered . 

Felt .... 



Markers. Teonli 
Masks — 

Base Hall . . 

n™ " g . ! ! 

Masseur. Abdominal 
Mattresses . . 
Megaphones . . 

.Baae Ball . . 
Handball 

Striking Bag . 

M.v-.-ssins . . . 

Moutnplece, Foot Bail 
Muffler . . . 



Numbcis, Competitors' 



Chamois. Fencing 
Foot Hall . . . 
Sliding Base Ball 



I ,i Ball College 

Pool Bull, ltughy . 

ltuonlng . . . 

Pcooonls. College > 

■■'■ i « . . 
Plastrons. Fencing . 



Polo. Roller, Goods 
Posts— 

Backstop, Tennis 



HsseHnll Body 
EyeGLis, 

ladbt i Bat Dal 

Protection. Run ng 
lurks. Hockey Ice 
Pulleys sod Axle. Tennis 
Push Bail . . . 
Pushers. Chamois 
Puttees, GoU . . 

Racket Corrrs 

ltu.-k.-ts. I-awn Ter 



It, .Is f..i Tennis Posts 
H tilstle . 
Rings - 
tftrrdslng . . . 

Swinging . . . 
Honing Macblocs 
lloque 

Sacks, for Sack Racing 
S ,n.l..u ImiiiltBells 

Bcorv Books— 

1 In SO Bill I . . . 

Basket Hall . . 



ilots. Base Ball 



Shirts - 
Athletic 
Itasr Hull . 



Holler . . 
Rkjle Hollers 
Skate Sundiles 



Base Ball .... 29 
For Tlme-Lcggcd Roce 72 

Skate l-'4 

. . . 8T 

uis Net 65 



Blockings 

■ 



jpn.n 



Swords. Duelling . . 123 



'TdlTeslee . . 

Cricket. Measuring 

Marking. Tennis . 

Measuring Steel . 
T.-.-S. Golf . . . 

Tetber Tennis . . 
Tights— 

Athletlo . . . 

Full. Wrestling' '. 
Knee 

r. l,oKg..rra . . . 
. ushloos 



I i. "i-ii. V.M.C.A. . 
llnriilng . . . 

Worsted '. '. '. 
tropin' Indicator 
Uniforms. Hose Ball 

Vnrnl3h for Gut . . 

Woods. Cnllsthenlc . 

Wat. ii..s. Stop . . 

M lit. I Wings . . 

lints, US-lb. . . 

Whistles. Referees' 

Njial.linir Kx.-rr,-,. r s 



18. 77 



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ANY COMMUNICATIONS 

ADORESSED TO US 


A. G. SPALDING &. BROS. 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 


FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES 

SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER 

OF THIS BOOK 



Prices in effect January 5, 1911. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special Canadian Catalogue. 



Standard Policy 

A Standard Quality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. 

Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a manufacturer to long 
maintain a Standard Quality. 

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a profit for the jobber as 
well as the retail dealer. To meet these conditions of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to 
set a proportionately high list price on his goods to the consumer. 

To enable the glib salesman, when booking his orders, to figure out attractive profits to both the 
jobber and retailer, these high list prices are absolutely essential; but their real purpose will have been 
served when the manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured his 
order from the retailer. 

However, these deceptive high list prices are noffair to the consumer, who does not, and, in 
reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. 

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading but alluring high list 
prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and grapples with the situation as best he 
can, by offering "special discounts," which vary with local trade conditions. 

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer and the jobber are 
assured; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices to the consumer, the keen competition 
amongst the local dealers invariably leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of 
the retailer are practically eliminated. 

This demoraliiation always reacts on the manufacturer. -The jobber insists on lower, and still 
lower, prices. The manufacturer in his turn, meets this demand for the lowering of prices by the 
only way open to him, viz. : the cheapening and degrading of the quality of his product 

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that, 12 years ago, in 1899, A. G. Spalding 
& Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the AtK^tfc Goods Trade, and inaugurated what 
has since become known as "The Spalding Policy." 

The "Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding Goods are concerned, 
and the retail dealer secures his supply of Spalding Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer 
under a restricted retail price arrangement by which the retail dealer is assured a fair, legitimate and 
certain profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the consumer is assured a Standard Quality and is 
protected from imposition. 

The "Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the users of Athletic Goods, 
and acts in two ways: 

First— The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods, and 

the same fixed prices to everybody. 
Second— As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in purchasing at 
the proper time, the very best raw materials required in the manufacture 
of our various goods, well ahead of their respective seasons, and this enables 
us to provide the necessary quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding 
Standard of Quality. 
All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic' Goods are required to supply consumers at our 
regular printed catalogue prices— neither more nor less— the same prices that similar goods are sold 
for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. 

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated exactly alike, and no 
special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone. 

Positively, nobody; not even officers, managers, salesmen or other employes of A. G. Spalding 
& Bros., or any of their relatives or personal friends, can buy Spalding Athletic Goods at a discount 
from the regular catalogue prices. 

This, briefly, is the "Spalding Policy," which has already been in successful operation for the 
past 1 2 years, and will be indefinitely continued. 

In other words, " The Spalding Policy " is a " square deal " for everybody. 

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



^jj^za^t^^. 



An article that is universally given the appellation *' Standard" is thereby 

conceded to be the Criterion, to which are compared all other things of a similar nature. 
For instance, the Gold Dollar of the United States is the Standard unit of currency, 
because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, and the fact of its 
being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp thereon. As a protection to 
the users of this currency against counterfeiting and other tricks, considerable money 
is expended in maintaining a Secret Service Bureau of Experts. Under the law, citizen 
manufacturers must depend to a great extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices 
to protect themselves against counterfeit products— without the aid of "Government 
Detectives "or " Public Opinion " to assist them. 

Consequently the "Consumer's Protection " against misrepresentation and "in- 
ferior quality" rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the "Manufacturer." 

A. G. Spalding & Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Quality," for thirty- 
three years, caused their Trade-Mark to become known throughout the world as a 
Guarantee of Quality as dependable in their field as the U. S. Currency is in its field. 

The necessity of upholding the guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and main- 
taining the Standard Quality of their Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvious as is the 
necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. 

Thus each consumer is not only insuring himself but also protecting other con- 
sumers when he assists a Reliable Manufacturer in upholding his Trade-Mark and all 
that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic Goods to assist us in 
maintaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by insisting that our Trade-Mark be 
plainly stamped on all athletic goods which they buy, because without this precaution 
our best efforts towards maintaining Standard Quality and preventing fraudulent 
substitution will be ineffectual. 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer thtj reputation of being 
high-priced, and this sentiment is fostered and emphasized by makers of "inferior 
goods," with whom low prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold and a 
guarantee to protect, must necessarily have higher prices than a manufacturer of cheap 
goods, whose idea of and basis for a claim for Standard Quality depends principally 
upon the eloquence of the salesman. 
r\ We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable than poverty 

-uality— and we avoid this quicksand by Standard Quality. 



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PALDINQ 



ATHLETIC LIBRARY 



A separate book covers every Athletic Sport 

and is Official and Standard 

Price 10 cents each 




GRAND PRIX 



ST.L0UIS.1904 v^P^A. [yDING PARIS1900 

ATHLETIC GOODS 

ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD 



A. G. Spalding <3t Bros. 

MAINTAIN WHOLESALE and RETAIL STORES in the FOLLOWING CITIES: 
NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS 

BOSTON MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY 

PHILADELPHIA DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO 

NEWARK CINCINNATI LOS ANGELES 

BUFFALO CLEVELAND SEATTLE 

SYRACUSE COLUMBUS MINNEAPOLIS 

BALTIMORE INDIANAPOLIS ST. PAUL 

WASHINGTON PITTSBURG DENVER 



LONDON, ENGLAND 
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND 
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND 
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 



•tories owned and op< 
-ade- Marked Athlct, 



ATLANTA DALLAS 

LOUISVILLE 

NEW ORLEANS 
MONTREAL, CANADA 
TORONTO, CANADA .' 

ny & Bros, and whprc cllofSpaldinji 
•c located in' the following cities: 



CHICAGO 



FRANCISCO * CHICOPEE, 



BROOKLYN 



PHILADELPHIA 



LONDON. 



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